Clough Global Allocation Fund - Quarterly Schedule of Portfolio Holdings of Registered Management Investment Company (N-Q)
February 29 2008 - 12:32PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment
Company Act file number
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811-21583
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CLOUGH
GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
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1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado
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80203
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip code)
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Erin Douglas
Clough Global Allocation Fund
1290 Broadway, Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80203
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(Name and address of agent for service)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code:
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(303)
623-2577
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Date of
fiscal year end:
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March 31
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Date of
reporting period:
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December 31,
2007
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Item 1
Schedule of Investments.
2
Clough Global Allocation Fund
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2007 (unaudited)
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Shares
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Value
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COMMON STOCKS 107.14%
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Agriculture 0.30%
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Sadia S.A.
(a)
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38,000
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$
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216,045
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Smithfield Foods, Inc.
(b)
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17,400
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503,208
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719,253
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Consumer/Retail 3.52%
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ASKUL Corp.
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27,600
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741,172
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B&G Foods, Inc.
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11,300
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115,373
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Belle International Holdings Ltd.
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316,000
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477,400
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DSW, Inc.
(b)
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11,892
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223,094
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GOME Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd.
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472,200
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1,199,061
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Home Inns & Hotels
Management, Inc.
(b)
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11,700
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416,988
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Hyundai Department Store Co. Ltd. - ADR
(b)
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11,322
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1,439,365
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Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.
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32,366
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896,538
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Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.
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25,814
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405,280
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Kraft Foods, Inc.
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24,700
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805,961
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Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.
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1,700
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750,067
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Regal Hotels International Holdings Ltd.
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3,743,900
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307,294
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Swire Pacific Ltd.
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60,000
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827,199
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8,604,792
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Energy 32.27%
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Alternative Energy Technologies 4.51%
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China Sunergy Co. Ltd.
(b)
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2,400
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39,648
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Evergreen Solar, Inc. - ADR
(b)
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101,600
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1,754,632
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First Solar, Inc.
(b)
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5,700
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1,522,698
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JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. - ADR
(b)
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35,000
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2,443,350
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MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.
(b)
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10,200
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902,598
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Sunpower Corp.
(b)
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10,987
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1,432,595
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Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. - ADR
(b)
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35,500
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2,922,360
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11,017,881
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Coal 0.97%
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CONSOL Energy, Inc.
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31,100
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2,224,272
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Patriot Coal Corp.
(b)
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240
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10,018
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Peabody Energy Corp.
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2,400
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147,936
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2,382,226
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Exploration & Production 10.82%
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American Oil & Gas, Inc.
(b)
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9,757
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56,591
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Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
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15,800
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1,037,902
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Apache Corp.
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5,000
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537,700
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ATP Oil & Gas Corp.
(b)
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15,000
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758,100
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Chesapeake Energy Corp.
(a)
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88,300
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3,461,360
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ConocoPhillips
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18,000
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1,589,400
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Devon Energy Corp.
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18,200
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1,618,162
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Encana Corp.
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10,700
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727,172
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Hess Corp.
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14,300
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1,442,298
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InterOil Corp.
(b)
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15,500
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298,530
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Nexen, Inc.
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4,300
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138,761
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OAO Gazprom - S.A.
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48,100
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2,727,270
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Occidental Petroleum Corp.
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11,000
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846,890
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Parallel Petro Corp.
(b)
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18,567
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327,336
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PetroHawk Energy Corp.
(b)(c)
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18,000
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311,580
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PetroHawk Energy Corp.
(b)
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76,700
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1,327,677
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Petroleo Brasileiro - S.A.
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33,400
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3,849,016
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Range Resources Corp.
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18,700
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960,432
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Southwestern Energy
(b)
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49,400
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2,752,568
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Ultra Petroleum Corp.
(b)
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14,800
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1,058,200
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XTO Energy, Inc.
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12,250
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629,160
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26,456,105
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Oil Services and Drillers 14.27%
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Baker Hughes, Inc.
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14,000
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1,135,400
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Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
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19,000
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2,698,000
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Exterran Holdings, Inc.
(b)
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10,800
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883,440
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FMC Technologies, Inc.
(b)
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14,000
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793,800
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Halliburton Company
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95,800
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3,631,778
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Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
(b)
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19,900
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825,850
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3
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
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14,100
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564,987
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Nabors Industries Ltd.
(b)
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5,000
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136,950
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National - Oilwell, Inc.
(b)
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26,800
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1,968,728
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Noble Corp.
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42,700
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2,412,977
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Oneok, Inc.
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10,300
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461,131
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Schlumberger Ltd.
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60,000
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5,902,200
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Sempra Energy
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14,000
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866,320
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Suncor Energy, Inc.
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5,000
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543,650
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Tenaris S.A.
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13,900
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621,747
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Tidewater, Inc.
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19,400
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1,064,284
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Transocean, Inc.
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58,670
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8,398,610
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Weatherford International Ltd.
(b)
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28,900
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1,982,540
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34,892,392
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Refiners 0.26%
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Sunoco, Inc.
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8,700
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630,228
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Tankers 1.44%
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Frontline Limited
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12,000
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576,000
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General Maritime Corp.
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9,500
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232,275
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Nordic American Tanker Shipping
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5,000
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164,100
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Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
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27,000
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2,009,610
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Teekay Corp.
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10,000
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532,100
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3,514,085
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TOTAL ENERGY
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78,892,917
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Finance 23.27%
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Banks 18.75%
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Banco Bradesco - S.A.
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114,500
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3,664,000
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Banco Itau Holding Financeira - S.A.
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100,400
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2,596,344
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Banco
Santander Chile - S.A.
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11,400
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581,286
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BanColombia - S.A.
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1,200
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40,824
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Bangkok Bank PLC
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249,500
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874,009
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Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT
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3,816,000
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1,421,986
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Bank of Yokohama Ltd.
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231,800
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1,626,739
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BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp.
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105,700
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1,615,096
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BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.
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395,000
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1,106,875
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Brookline Bancorp, Inc.
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84,124
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854,700
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Daewoo Securities Co. Ltd.
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41,830
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1,367,446
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Daishin Securities Co. Ltd.
(b)(d)
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77,200
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497,940
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Hana Financial Group, Inc.
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69,600
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3,747,492
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ICICI Bank Ltd.- S.A.
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21,400
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1,316,100
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Indochina Capital Vietnam Holdings Ltd.
(b)
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200,000
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1,853,000
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Joyo Bank Ltd.
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146,000
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816,811
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Kasikornbank PLC
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290,600
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750,548
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Kookmin Bank - ADR
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11,700
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857,844
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Korea Exchange Bank
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73,900
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1,144,757
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Lion Diversified Holdings BHD
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197,500
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114,666
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Malayan Banking BHD
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204,100
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709,752
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Melco International Development
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218,000
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327,668
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Mirae Asset Securities
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4,600
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845,254
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Nomura Holdings, Inc.
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64,700
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1,097,494
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PennantPark Investment Corp.
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150,900
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1,512,018
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Peoples United Financial, Inc.
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37,500
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667,500
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Public Bank BHD
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307,700
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1,023,496
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Shizuoka Bank Ltd.
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111,800
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1,227,934
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Siam Commercial Bank PCL
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460,000
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1,181,238
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Siam Commercial Bank PLC
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958,700
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2,461,854
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Sime Darby BHD
(b)
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85,969
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309,353
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Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.
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35,900
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409,260
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Star Asia
Financial Ltd.
(d)(e)
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75,000
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562,500
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UBS AG - Registered
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22,800
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1,055,266
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Unibanco -
Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros - GDR
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21,200
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2,960,368
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Woori Finance Holdings Co. Ltd.
(b)
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108,000
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2,174,884
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Woori Investment & Securities Co.
Ltd.
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16,600
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467,293
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45,841,595
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Non-Bank 4.52%
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Apollo Investment Corp.
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298,489
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5,089,237
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Ares Capital Corp.
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82,900
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1,212,827
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Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
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3,600
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80,748
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Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.
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102,400
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931,284
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4
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.
(b)
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5,400
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1,039,500
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Maiden Holdings Ltd.
(d)(e)
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23,900
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239,000
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The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
(b)
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8,700
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430,563
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Nymex Holdings, Inc.
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15,200
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2,030,872
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11,054,031
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TOTAL FINANCE
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56,895,626
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Healthcare 1.11%
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BioSphere Medical, Inc.
(b)(c)
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50,000
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256,500
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BioSphere Medical, Inc.
(b)
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182,703
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937,266
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ImClone Systems, Inc.
(b)
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8,900
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382,700
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Molecular Insight
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(b)
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42,900
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388,674
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Pharmion Corp.
(b)
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12,000
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754,320
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2,719,460
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Industrial 3.50%
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Altra Holdings, Inc.
(b)
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2,900
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48,227
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American Science &
Engineering, Inc.
(a)
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13,358
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758,066
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Bunge Ltd.
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5,500
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640,255
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Chicago Bridge & Iron Company - NY
shares
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27,000
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1,631,880
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Crown Holdings, Inc.
(b)
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15,500
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397,575
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Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
(b)
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21,300
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716,745
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First Resources Ltd.
(b)
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295,000
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254,125
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Grant Prideco, Inc.
(b)
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20,600
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1,143,506
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Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
(b)
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163,000
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1,721,280
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Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc.
(b)
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21,000
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724,500
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Textron, Inc.
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7,400
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527,620
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8,563,779
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Insurance 2.97%
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ACE Ltd.
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16,400
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1,013,192
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Castlepoint Holdings Ltd.
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31,100
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373,200
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Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
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154,100
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2,251,401
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Loews Corp.
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40,100
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2,018,634
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Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.
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62,800
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1,068,228
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The Travelers Cos., Inc.
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10,000
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538,000
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7,262,655
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Metals & Mining 3.44%
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Anglo American PLC - ADR
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18,134
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550,730
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Barrick Gold Corp.
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1,200
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50,460
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Cameco Corp.
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66,200
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2,635,422
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Denison Mines Corp.
(b)
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57,900
|
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521,537
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First Uranium Corp.
(b)
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22,000
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210,649
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Freeport-McMoRan Copper &
Gold, Inc.
|
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22,500
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2,304,900
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Gerdau - S.A.
|
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29,800
|
|
864,498
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Goldcorp, Inc.
|
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19,300
|
|
654,849
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Paladin Energy Ltd.
(b)
|
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37,500
|
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223,573
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Uex Corp.
(b)
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8,500
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56,928
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Uranium One, Inc.
(b)
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25,000
|
|
223,669
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Ur-Energy, Inc.
(b)
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32,200
|
|
115,495
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|
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8,412,710
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Real Estate 6.85%
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Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.
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199,800
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3,694,970
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Ciputra Development Tbk PT
(b)
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3,429,000
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324,920
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Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.
|
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235,080
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|
878,829
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Hang Lung Properties Ltd.
|
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117,000
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529,677
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Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.
|
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148,000
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1,394,131
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Hopewell Holdings
|
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95,000
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438,608
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Hysan Development Co. Ltd.
|
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404,254
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|
1,153,545
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Hyundai Development Co.
(b)
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11,600
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1,133,914
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Italian-Thai Development PLC
|
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2,088,000
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511,385
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Kerry Properties Ltd.
|
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63,500
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510,205
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Shun Tak Holdings Ltd.
(e)
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60,000
|
|
94,339
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Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.
|
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165,000
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3,504,245
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Trikona Trinity Capital PLC
(b)
|
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564,168
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1,072,499
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Wharf Holdings Ltd.
|
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226,000
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1,183,997
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Wharf Holdings Right
(b)
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28,250
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38,766
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YNH Property BHD
|
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350,100
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285,839
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16,749,869
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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) 1.31%
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|
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Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
|
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137,600
|
|
2,501,568
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|
Hatteras
Financial
(b)(d)(e)
|
|
34,300
|
|
686,000
|
|
5
Regal Real Estate Investment Trust
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37,439
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|
10,227
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3,197,795
|
|
Technology & Communications 15.86%
|
|
|
|
|
|
AU Optronics Corp. - ADR
|
|
26,415
|
|
507,168
|
|
Centron Telecom International Holdings Ltd.
(b)
|
|
238,000
|
|
67,151
|
|
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd.
(b)
|
|
960,000
|
|
643,579
|
|
China Unicom Ltd.
|
|
245,000
|
|
562,431
|
|
Cisco Systems, Inc.
(b)
|
|
173,300
|
|
4,691,231
|
|
Comcast Corp.
(b)
|
|
45,100
|
|
817,212
|
|
Corning, Inc.
|
|
59,300
|
|
1,422,607
|
|
CTC Media, Inc.
(b)
|
|
36,000
|
|
1,087,200
|
|
Google, Inc. - Class A
(b)
|
|
2,800
|
|
1,936,144
|
|
Ingram Micro, Inc.
(b)
|
|
123,700
|
|
2,231,548
|
|
Intel Corp.
|
|
303,300
|
|
8,085,978
|
|
Magal Security Systems Ltd.
(b)
|
|
76,443
|
|
486,177
|
|
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
(b)
|
|
28,200
|
|
394,236
|
|
Microsoft Corp.
|
|
161,600
|
|
5,752,960
|
|
NET Servicos
de Comunicacao S.A.
|
|
57,000
|
|
682,860
|
|
Oracle Corp.
(b)
|
|
176,500
|
|
3,985,370
|
|
Radvision Ltd.
(a)(b)
|
|
157,945
|
|
1,745,292
|
|
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
|
|
3,145
|
|
1,868,084
|
|
Sistema JSFC
|
|
20,800
|
|
868,400
|
|
SK Communications Co. Ltd.
|
|
11,600
|
|
402,756
|
|
Time Warner, Inc.
|
|
32,300
|
|
533,273
|
|
|
|
|
|
38,771,657
|
|
Transportation 0.79%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Babcock & Brown Air Ltd.
|
|
62,800
|
|
1,143,588
|
|
Continental Airlines, Inc.
(b)
|
|
20,000
|
|
445,000
|
|
Golar LNG, Ltd.
|
|
15,000
|
|
331,800
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,920,388
|
|
Utilities 11.95%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bakrie Sumatera Plantations Tbk PT
|
|
2,320,000
|
|
561,938
|
|
Byd Co. Ltd.
|
|
66,800
|
|
442,055
|
|
Cleco Corp.
|
|
8,500
|
|
236,300
|
|
Dominion Resources, Inc.
|
|
7,700
|
|
365,365
|
|
Dore Holdings Ltd.
(e)
|
|
420,000
|
|
96,955
|
|
DPL, Inc.
|
|
50,900
|
|
1,509,185
|
|
Enbridge, Inc.
|
|
36,100
|
|
1,478,822
|
|
Equitable Resources, Inc.
|
|
31,000
|
|
1,651,680
|
|
Exelon Corp.
|
|
29,500
|
|
2,408,380
|
|
FirstEnergy Corp.
|
|
54,100
|
|
3,913,594
|
|
Gamuda BHD
|
|
597,000
|
|
870,136
|
|
Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.
|
|
443,000
|
|
652,444
|
|
IOI Corp. BHD
|
|
221,000
|
|
517,917
|
|
Mirant Corp.
(b)
|
|
20,800
|
|
810,784
|
|
NRG Energy, Inc.
(b)
|
|
41,400
|
|
1,794,276
|
|
PPL Corp.
|
|
14,800
|
|
770,932
|
|
PT Astra International Tbk
|
|
985,000
|
|
2,862,976
|
|
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.
|
|
17,500
|
|
1,719,200
|
|
Reliant Energy, Inc.
(b)
|
|
31,000
|
|
813,440
|
|
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd.
|
|
990,000
|
|
610,704
|
|
Southern Union Company
|
|
46,000
|
|
1,350,560
|
|
The AES Corp.
(b)
|
|
101,200
|
|
2,164,668
|
|
Williams Cos., Inc.
(a)
|
|
45,000
|
|
1,610,100
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,212,411
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $223,457,815)
|
|
|
|
261,923,312
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 3.50%
|
|
|
|
|
|
iShares MSCI Pacific
|
|
4,000
|
|
618,040
|
|
iShares MSCI Taiwan
|
|
88,400
|
|
1,331,304
|
|
StreetTRACKS Gold Trust
(b)
|
|
80,300
|
|
6,613,508
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,562,852
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost $7,337,199)
|
|
|
|
8,562,852
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PREFERRED STOCKS 2.06%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arch Capital Group Ltd., 7.875%
|
|
75,000
|
|
1,740,000
|
|
6
Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., 8.550%
|
|
49,300
|
|
924,375
|
|
Federal National Mortgage Association
(FNMA), 8.250%
(b)
|
|
45,500
|
|
1,171,625
|
|
Federal National Mortgage Association
(FNMA), 7.000%
(f)
|
|
13,100
|
|
607,104
|
|
Freeport-McMoRan Copper &
Gold, Inc., 6.750%
(e)
|
|
3,900
|
|
588,588
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,031,692
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $5,248,330)
|
|
|
|
5,031,692
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CLOSED-END FUNDS 0.38%
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Ottoman Fund
(b)(e)
|
|
515,340
|
|
933,513
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
CLOSED-END FUNDS
(Cost $896,434)
|
|
|
|
933,513
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maturity Date
|
|
Coupon
Rate
|
|
Principal
Amount
|
|
Value
|
|
CORPORATE BONDS 2.40%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
International Lease Finance Corp.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/15/2012
|
|
5.400
|
%
|
450,000
|
|
454,131
|
|
05/01/2012
|
|
5.300
|
%
|
300,000
|
|
299,686
|
|
Suncor Energy, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/15/2038
|
|
6.500
|
%
|
1,175,000
|
|
1,260,650
|
|
Swedish Export Credit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/30/2012
|
|
10.01
|
%
|
3,800,000
|
|
3,857,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $5,746,666)
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,871,467
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
9.81%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-U.S. Government Obligations 2.31%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
United Kingdom Treasury
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/07/2015
|
|
4.750
|
%
|
2,800,000
|
|
5,654,511
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $5,258,289)
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,654,511
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Government Obligations 7.50%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Treasury Bond
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/30/2012
(a)
|
|
4.875
|
%
|
5,600,000
|
|
5,941,253
|
|
05/15/2017
(a)
|
|
4.500
|
%
|
6,000,000
|
|
6,220,782
|
|
02/15/2025
(a)
|
|
7.625
|
%
|
4,500,000
|
|
6,171,331
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL U.S.
GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $17,644,947)
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,333,366
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $22,903,236)
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,987,877
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITY 8.33%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fannie Mae REMICS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series 2006-3, Class ZE,
03/25/2036
(a)
|
|
6.000
|
%
|
2,231,944
|
|
2,201,380
|
|
Series 2007-68, Class KZ,
07/25/2037
(a)
|
|
6.000
|
%
|
772,783
|
|
763,658
|
|
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
(FHLMC)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series 2006-3211, Class LZ,
09/15/2036
(a)
|
|
6.000
|
%
|
4,310,731
|
|
4,377,142
|
|
Federal National Mortgage Association
(FNMA)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/29/2022
(a)
|
|
6.250
|
%
|
1,500,000
|
|
1,507,033
|
|
FNR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series 2006-83, Class HZ,
08/25/2036
(a)
|
|
6.000
|
%
|
5,817,175
|
|
5,908,749
|
|
Freddie Mac REMICS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series 2006-3155, Class SA,
11/15/2035
(f)
|
|
7.935
|
%
|
1,707,233
|
|
1,785,090
|
|
Ginnie Mae II pool
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series 2007-3939, 01/20/2037
|
|
5.000
|
%
|
485,513
|
|
474,379
|
|
Series 2007-3952, 02/20/2037
|
|
5.000
|
%
|
438,960
|
|
428,894
|
|
Series 2007-3964, 03/20/2037
|
|
5.000
|
%
|
406,231
|
|
396,915
|
|
Series 2007-3994, 06/20/2037
|
|
5.000
|
%
|
1,000,000
|
|
977,068
|
|
Government National Mortgage Association
(GNMA)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series 2007-37, Class SA,
03/20/2037
(f)
|
|
6.003
|
%
|
705,027
|
|
697,242
|
|
7
Series 2007-37, Class SB,
03/20/2037
(f)
|
|
6.003
|
%
|
458,223
|
|
436,624
|
|
Series 2007-37, Class SY,
06/16/2037
(f)
|
|
6.028
|
%
|
415,475
|
|
417,247
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITY
(Cost $19,601,440)
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,371,421
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STRUCTURED NOTES 7.06%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Calyon
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/29/2022
(e)(f)
|
|
9.300
|
%
|
2,500,000
|
|
2,153,125
|
|
Federal Home Loan Bank System (FHLB)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/20/2021
(a)(f)
|
|
7.500
|
%
|
7,000,000
|
|
6,938,750
|
|
04/18/2022
(a)(f)
|
|
7.050
|
%
|
5,000,000
|
|
4,812,500
|
|
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/29/2022
(a)(e)(f)
|
|
9.580
|
%
|
4,000,000
|
|
3,364,800
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
STRUCTURED NOTES
(Cost $18,385,000)
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,269,175
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expiration Date
|
|
Exercise
Price
|
|
Number of
Contracts
|
|
Value
|
|
PURCHASED OPTIONS 0.70%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased Call Options 0.22%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Citigroup, Inc.
|
|
January, 2008
|
|
$
|
30.00
|
|
1,200
|
|
109,200
|
|
UBS AG
|
|
January, 2008
|
|
40.00
|
|
670
|
|
425,450
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
PURCHASED CALL OPTIONS
(Cost $2,404,340)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
534,650
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased Put Options 0.48%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund
|
|
January, 2008
|
|
78.00
|
|
2,000
|
|
587,000
|
|
S&P 500 Index Option
|
|
January, 2008
|
|
1,475.00
|
|
200
|
|
586,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS
(Cost $2,116,986)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,173,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
PURCHASED OPTIONS
(Cost $4,521,326)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,707,650
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
Rate
|
|
Shares
|
|
Value
|
|
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 10.91%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money Market Instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
JP Morgan Prime Money Market Fund
|
|
|
|
4.557
|
%
|
1,915,195
|
|
1,915,195
|
|
Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Market
Fund
|
|
|
|
3.137
|
%
|
24,761,417
|
|
24,761,417
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $26,676,612)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,676,612
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Investments - 152.29%
(Cost $334,774,058)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
372,335,571
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets -
(13.28%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(32,466,319
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liquidation Preference of Auction Market
Preferred Shares, Series W28 (including dividends payable on preferred
shares) - (39.01%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(95,387,649
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET ASSETS - 100.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
244,481,603
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expiration Date
|
|
Exercise
Price
|
|
Number of
Contracts
|
|
Value
|
|
SCHEDULE OF OPTIONS WRITTEN
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Put Options Written
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund
|
|
January, 2008
|
|
$
|
71.00
|
|
2,000
|
|
$
|
(94,000
|
)
|
S&P 500 Index Option
|
|
January, 2008
|
|
1,400.00
|
|
200
|
|
(156,000
|
)
|
TOTAL PUT
OPTIONS WRITTEN
(Premiums received $1,149,564)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(250,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
OPTIONS WRITTEN
(Premiums received $1,149,564)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
(250,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
Name
|
|
Shares
|
|
Value
|
|
Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd.
|
|
(8,200
|
)
|
$
|
(415,248
|
)
|
Amazon.com Corp.
(b)
|
|
(10,900
|
)
|
(1,009,776
|
)
|
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
|
|
(16,400
|
)
|
(761,452
|
)
|
Ashland, Inc.
|
|
(3,700
|
)
|
(175,491
|
)
|
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.
(b)
|
|
(29,400
|
)
|
(864,066
|
)
|
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. - ADR
|
|
(36,600
|
)
|
(2,799,900
|
)
|
Cia Vale do
Rio Doce
|
|
(64,400
|
)
|
(2,103,948
|
)
|
CNOOC Ltd.
|
|
(2,800
|
)
|
(468,804
|
)
|
Comerica, Inc.
|
|
(15,700
|
)
|
(683,421
|
)
|
Countrywide Financial
|
|
(19,200
|
)
|
(171,648
|
)
|
Cummins, Inc.
|
|
(8,300
|
)
|
(1,057,171
|
)
|
Dawson Geophysical Co.
(b)
|
|
(1,400
|
)
|
(100,044
|
)
|
Financial Select Sector SPDR
|
|
(69,000
|
)
|
(2,001,000
|
)
|
iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund
|
|
(30,000
|
)
|
(1,977,000
|
)
|
iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund
|
|
(15,600
|
)
|
(2,659,020
|
)
|
iShares MSCI Mexico Index Fund
|
|
(18,300
|
)
|
(1,025,349
|
)
|
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund
|
|
(79,500
|
)
|
(6,045,975
|
)
|
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund
|
|
(9,800
|
)
|
(1,437,072
|
)
|
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
|
|
(11,600
|
)
|
(1,538,160
|
)
|
Metavante Technologies, Inc.
(b)
|
|
(144
|
)
|
(3,358
|
)
|
PetroChina Co. Ltd.
|
|
(2,400
|
)
|
(421,128
|
)
|
Toro Co.
|
|
(6,300
|
)
|
(342,972
|
)
|
US Bancorp
|
|
(18,400
|
)
|
(584,016
|
)
|
Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF
|
|
(29,000
|
)
|
(3,037,170
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
(Proceeds $33,756,443)
|
|
|
|
$
|
(31,683,189
|
)
|
(a) Security,
or portion of security, is being held as collateral for written options and/or
short sales.
(b) Non-Income
Producing Security
(c) Private
Placement; these securities may only be resold in transactions exempt from
registration under the Securities Act of 1933. As of December 31, 2007,
these securities has total of $586,080 or 0.23% of total net assets.
(d) Fair
valued security; valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Funds
Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2007, these securities had total
value of $1,985,440 or 0.81% of total net assets.
(e) Security
exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of
1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from
registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of December 31,
2007, these securities had a total value of $9,791,319 or 4.00% of total net
assets.
(f) Floating
or variable rate security - rate disclosed as of December 31, 2007.
Maturity date represents the next reset date.
ADR
American Depositary Receipt
BHD
Berhad (in Malaysia; equivalent to Public Limited Company)
GDR
Global Depositary Receipt
PLC
Public Limited Company
PT
equivalent to Public Limited Company in Indonesia
REMICs
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits
S.A.
Sponsored ADR
SPDR
Standard & Poors Depository Receipt
Tbk
Terbuka (stock symbol in Indonesia)
Income Tax Information:
|
|
|
|
Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation of
investments based on federal tax costs were as follows:
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
Gross appreciation (excess of value over
tax cost)
|
|
$
|
49,816,305
|
|
Gross depreciation (excess of tax cost over
value)
|
|
(13,534,921
|
)
|
Net unrealized appreciation
|
|
$
|
36,281,384
|
|
Cost of investments for income tax purposes
|
|
$
|
336,054,187
|
|
See
Notes to Quarterly Statement of Investments.
9
Notes
to Quarterly Statement of Investments
December 31, 2007
(unaudited)
1. Significant Accounting and Operating Policies
Clough
Global Allocation Fund is a closed-end management investment company (the Fund)
that was organized under the laws of the state of Delaware by an Agreement and
Declaration of Trust dated April 27, 2004. The Fund is a non-diversified series with an
investment objective to provide a high level of total return. The Declaration
of Trust provides that the Trustees may authorize separate classes of shares of
beneficial interest.
The
following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund.
Security
Valuation:
The net asset value per Share of the Fund is
determined no less frequently than daily, on each day that the American Stock
Exchange (the Exchange) is open for trading, as of the close of regular
trading on the Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m. New York time). Trading may take place in foreign issues held
by the Fund at times when the Fund is not open for business. As a result, the Funds net asset value may
change at times when it is not possible to purchase or sell shares of the
Fund. Securities held by the fund for
which exchange quotations are readily available are valued at the last sale
price, or if no sale price or if traded on the over-the-counter market, at the
mean of the bid and asked prices on such day.
Over-the-counter securities traded on NASDAQ are valued based upon the
closing price. Debt securities for which
the over-the-counter market is the primary market are normally valued on the
basis of prices furnished by one or pricing services at the mean between the
latest available bid and asked prices.
As authorized by the Trustees, debt securities (other than short-term
obligations) may be valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a pricing
service which determines valuations based upon market transactions for normal,
institutional-size trading units of securities.
Short-term obligations maturing within 60 days are valued at amortized
cost, which approximates value, unless the Trustees determine that under
particular circumstances such method does not result in fair value. Over-the-counter options are valued at the
mean between bid and asked prices provided by dealers. Financial futures contracts listed on
commodity exchanges and exchange-traded options are valued at closing
settlement prices. Securities for which
there is no such quotation or valuation and all other assets are valued at fair
value in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.
Foreign
Securities:
The Fund may invest a portion of its assets
in foreign securities. In the event that the Fund executes a foreign security
transaction, the Fund will generally enter into a forward foreign currency
contract to settle the foreign security transaction. Foreign securities may
carry more risk than U.S. securities, such as political, market and currency
risks.
The
accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Prices of
securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars
at the closing rates of exchange at period end. Amounts related to the purchase
and sale of foreign securities and investment income are translated at the
rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.
The
effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is
separately identified from the fluctuations arising from changes in market
values of securities held and reported with all other foreign currency gains
and losses in the Funds Statement of Operations.
10
Options
: In
order to hedge against adverse market shifts, the Fund may utilize up to 10% of
its total assets to purchase put and call options on securities. The Fund may also utilize an additional 10%
of its total assets to purchase put and call options on domestic stock indices
to hedge against risks of market-wide price movements affecting its
assets. When a Fund purchases a call or
put option, an amount equal to the premium paid is included in the Funds
Statement of Assets and Liabilities, which is included in the Annual and
Semi-Annual reports to shareholders, as an investment, and is subsequently
marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option. If an
option expires on the stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a
closing sale transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If the Fund exercises a
call, the cost of the security acquired is increased by the premium paid for
the call. If the Fund exercises a put option, a gain or loss is realized from
the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such a sale are
decreased by the premium originally paid.
The
Fund may also write covered put and call options on securities and stock indices. When a Fund writes a put or call option, an
amount equal to the premium received is included in the Statement of Assets and
Liabilities, which is included in the Annual and Semi-Annual reports to
shareholders, as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently
marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option. If an
option expires on its stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a
closing purchase transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If a written call
option is exercised, a gain or loss is realized for the sale of the underlying
security and the proceeds from the sale are increased by the premium originally
received. If a written put option is exercised, the cost of the security
acquired is decreased by the premium originally received. As a writer of an
option, a Fund has no control over whether the underlying securities are
subsequently sold (call) or purchased (put) and, as a result, bears the market
risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the
written option. Written and purchased options are non-income producing
securities.
Written
option activity as of December 31, 2007 was as follows:
CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN
|
|
Number of
|
|
Amount of
|
|
|
|
Contracts
|
|
Premiums
|
|
Options
outstanding as of June 30, 2007
|
|
590
|
|
$
|
159,282
|
|
Positions opened
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options expired
|
|
(120
|
)
|
(38,760
|
)
|
Options closed
|
|
(470
|
)
|
(120,522
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding,
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Market Value,
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
11
PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN
|
|
Number of
|
|
Amount of
|
|
|
|
Contracts
|
|
Premiums
|
|
Options
outstanding as of June 30, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
Positions opened
|
|
2,200
|
|
$
|
1,149,564
|
|
Options expired
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options split
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding,
December 31, 2007
|
|
2,200
|
|
$
|
1,149,564
|
|
Market Value,
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
$
|
(250,000
|
)
|
Short
Sales:
The Fund may sell a security it does not own
in anticipation of a decline in the fair value of that security. When the Fund sells a security short, it must
borrow the security sold short and deliver it to the broker-dealer through
which it made the short sale. A gain,
limited to the price at which the Fund sold the security short, or a loss,
unlimited in size, will be recognized upon the termination of the short sale.
Securities
Transactions and Investment Income:
Investment security
transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Dividend income is recorded on the
ex-dividend date. Interest income, which
includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is accrued as
earned. Realized gains and losses from
securities transactions and unrealized appreciation and depreciation of
securities are determined using the highest cost basis for both financial reporting
and income tax purposes.
12
Item 2 - Controls and Procedures.
(a)
The Registrants
Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have
evaluated the Registrants disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940) within 90 days of this filing and have
concluded that the Registrants disclosure controls and procedures were
effective, as of that date.
(b)
There was no change in the Registrants internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940) during Registrants last fiscal quarter
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Registrants internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3
Exhibits.
Separate certifications
for the Registrants Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as Ex99.CERT.
13
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
|
CLOUGH
GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Edmund J. Burke
|
|
|
Edmund J. Burke
|
|
|
President
(principal
executive
|
|
|
officer)
|
|
|
|
|
Date:
|
February 29,
2008
|
|
|
|
|
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
|
By:
|
/s/
Edmund J. Burke
|
|
|
Edmund J. Burke
|
|
|
President
(principal
executive
|
|
|
officer)
|
|
|
|
|
Date:
|
February 29,
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Jeremy O. May
|
|
|
Jeremy O. May
|
|
|
Treasurer
(principal
financial
|
|
|
officer)
|
|
|
|
|
Date:
|
February 29,
2008
|
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