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

811-21712

 

 

CLOUGH GLOBAL EQUITY FUND

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado

 

80203

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Erin Douglas
Clough Global Equity Fund
1290 Broadway, Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80203

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(303) 623-2577

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

March 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

June 30, 2007

 

 


 


 

Item 1 – Schedule of Investments.

 

2


 


 

CLOUGH GLOBAL EQUITY FUND

QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS

 

June 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS 120.80%

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer/Retail 5.89%

 

 

 

 

 

ASKUL Corp.

 

48,100

 

$

869,218

 

B&G Foods, Inc.

 

18,700

 

246,840

 

Coinmach Service Class A

 

200,000

 

2,646,000

 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

 

59,900

 

1,608,914

 

DSW Inc. (a)

 

56,309

 

1,960,679

 

Hyundai Department Store Co. Ltd.

 

15,700

 

1,852,357

 

Isetan Co. Ltd.

 

91,000

 

1,496,650

 

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

 

59,405

 

1,413,839

 

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

 

47,414

 

630,606

 

Kraft Foods, Inc.

 

45,700

 

1,610,925

 

Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.

 

3,100

 

1,207,988

 

Regal Hotels International Holdings Ltd.

 

7,040,500

 

594,272

 

Takashimaya Co. Ltd.

 

121,000

 

1,529,145

 

Toppan Forms Company Ltd.

 

137,600

 

1,661,817

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

 

78,800

 

3,791,068

 

Yamada Denki Co. Ltd.

 

10,500

 

1,098,396

 

 

 

 

 

24,218,714

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy 33.91%

 

 

 

 

 

Alternative Energy Technologies 4.64%

 

 

 

 

 

China Sunergy Co. Ltd. - ADR (a)

 

4,000

 

54,800

 

Conergy AG

 

13,900

 

1,083,254

 

Evergreen Solar, Inc. (a)

 

205,400

 

1,910,220

 

First Solar, Inc. (a)

 

37,200

 

3,321,588

 

JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. - ADR (a)

 

65,800

 

2,219,434

 

LDK Solar Co. Ltd. - ADR (a)

 

55,400

 

1,734,020

 

Sunpower Corp. (a)

 

52,953

 

3,338,687

 

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. - ADR (a)

 

73,900

 

2,695,133

 

Trina Solar Ltd. - ADR (a)

 

52,600

 

2,706,270

 

 

 

 

 

19,063,406

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coal 1.67%

 

 

 

 

 

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

 

97,400

 

4,491,114

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

 

48,700

 

2,356,106

 

 

 

 

 

6,847,220

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exploration & Production 11.17%

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

 

70,600

 

3,670,494

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp. *

 

186,300

 

6,445,980

 

ConocoPhillips

 

76,000

 

5,966,000

 

Denbury Resources, Inc. (a)

 

18,300

 

686,250

 

Devon Energy Corp.

 

58,300

 

4,564,307

 

El Paso Corp.

 

41,900

 

721,937

 

EOG Resources., Inc.

 

18,800

 

1,373,528

 

Hess Corp. *

 

39,400

 

2,323,024

 

InterOil Corp. (a)

 

44,200

 

837,148

 

Parallel Petro Corp. (a)

 

50,007

 

1,095,153

 

PetroHawk Energy Corp. (a)(c)(d)

 

30,100

 

477,386

 

PetroHawk Energy Corp. (a)

 

110,100

 

1,746,186

 

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - ADR

 

36,100

 

4,377,847

 

Range Resources Corp.

 

62,700

 

2,345,607

 

Southwestern Energy (a)

 

97,600

 

4,343,200

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

 

24,000

 

2,158,080

 

XTO Energy, Inc.

 

46,400

 

2,788,640

 

 

 

 

 

45,920,767

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil Services and Drillers 16.43%

 

 

 

 

 

Baker Hughes, Inc.

 

17,300

 

1,455,449

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.

 

83,300

 

8,459,948

 

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

11,000

 

871,420

 

Global SantaFe Corp.

 

173,200

 

12,513,700

 

 

 

3



 

 

Halliburton Company *

 

140,300

 

4,840,350

 

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

 

24,000

 

850,080

 

Hercules Offshore, Inc. (a)

 

8,300

 

268,754

 

Noble Corp.

 

149,700

 

14,598,744

 

Pride International, Inc. (a)

 

10,000

 

374,600

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

 

124,700

 

10,592,018

 

Transocean, Inc. (a) *

 

114,800

 

12,166,504

 

Weatherford International (a)

 

10,000

 

552,400

 

 

 

 

 

67,543,967

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

139,375,360

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 31.18%

 

 

 

 

 

Banks 26.09%

 

 

 

 

 

Banco Bradesco - Spon ADR

 

180,900

 

4,361,499

 

Banco Itau Holding Financeira SA - ADR

 

144,800

 

6,434,912

 

Banco Santander Chile SA - ADR

 

19,000

 

941,260

 

Bangkok Bank PCL

 

437,900

 

1,483,977

 

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

 

6,693,000

 

2,314,956

 

Bank of Yokohama Ltd.

 

222,700

 

1,562,744

 

Barclays PLC - Spon ADR

 

12,500

 

697,375

 

Barclays PLC

 

182,700

 

2,553,500

 

BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp.

 

177,200

 

2,613,700

 

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

 

255,500

 

2,940,805

 

China Citic Bank (a) (b)

 

279,500

 

213,757

 

Citigroup, Inc.

 

204,300

 

10,478,547

 

Daewoo Securities Co (a)

 

33,400

 

1,030,362

 

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

 

58,000

 

863,890

 

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

 

125,300

 

6,110,045

 

Hokkoku Bank Ltd.

 

218,100

 

970,711

 

Indochina Capital Vietnam Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

300,000

 

2,769,000

 

Joyo Bank Ltd.

 

235,000

 

1,462,010

 

Kasikornbank PCL

 

541,100

 

1,159,780

 

Kookmin Bank - ADR

 

32,100

 

2,815,812

 

Korea Exchange Bank

 

130,400

 

1,940,791

 

Lion Diversified Holdings BHD

 

348,000

 

836,611

 

Malayan Banking Bhd

 

383,900

 

1,334,337

 

NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc.

 

83,500

 

1,229,120

 

NIS GROUP Co. Ltd.

 

7,728,500

 

3,201,247

 

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

 

152,500

 

2,972,589

 

PennantPark Investment Corp.

 

259,200

 

3,639,168

 

People’s United Financial, Inc.

 

81,900

 

1,452,087

 

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

 

39,200

 

2,805,936

 

Public Bank BHD

 

571,900

 

1,623,351

 

SBI Holdings, Inc.

 

3,600

 

1,144,690

 

Shizuoka Bank Ltd.

 

191,000

 

1,939,086

 

Siam Commercial Bank PCL

 

1,691,000

 

3,575,467

 

Sime Darby Bhd

 

590,400

 

1,641,663

 

Star Asia Financial Ltd. (a)(b)(c)

 

125,000

 

1,375,000

 

Towa Bank Ltd.

 

207,000

 

359,781

 

UBS AG - Registered

 

39,500

 

2,380,025

 

UBS AG

 

168,600

 

10,117,686

 

Unibanco - Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros SA - GDR

 

35,500

 

4,006,885

 

Woori Finance Holdings Co. Ltd.

 

198,200

 

5,020,166

 

Woori Investments

 

29,200

 

894,474

 

 

 

 

 

107,268,802

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Bank 5.09%

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo Investment Corp. *

 

528,626

 

11,376,031

 

Ares Capital Corp.

 

141,800

 

2,389,330

 

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

 

6,250

 

119,500

 

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

 

264,700

 

2,822,750

 

Maiden Holdings Ltd. (a)(b)

 

40,100

 

401,000

 

MCG Capital Corp.

 

120,000

 

1,922,400

 

Monex Beans Holdings, Inc.

 

1,165

 

974,579

 

SBI E*Trade Sec

 

860

 

915,005

 

 

 

 

 

20,920,595

 

TOTAL FINANCE

 

 

 

128,189,397

 

 

 

4



 

Healthcare 1.41%

 

 

 

 

 

BioSphere Medical, Inc. 144a (a)(c)(d)

 

100,000

 

707,000

 

BioSphere Medical, Inc. (a)

 

121,100

 

856,177

 

Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

46,100

 

435,184

 

Pharmion Corp. (a)

 

21,000

 

607,950

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

 

38,200

 

1,953,548

 

WellPoint, Inc. (a)

 

15,700

 

1,253,331

 

 

 

 

 

5,813,190

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial 6.24%

 

 

 

 

 

Altra Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

4,900

 

84,672

 

American Science & Engineering, Inc. (a) *

 

87,012

 

4,946,632

 

Bunge Ltd.

 

13,600

 

1,149,200

 

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica - Spon ADR *

 

14,835

 

715,196

 

General Motors

 

62,100

 

2,347,380

 

Grant Prideco, Inc. (a)

 

41,700

 

2,244,711

 

Insituform Technologies - Class A (a)

 

40,500

 

883,305

 

Joy Global, Inc.

 

40,300

 

2,350,699

 

Kokuyo Company Ltd.

 

167,500

 

1,967,147

 

The Mosaic Co. (a)

 

500

 

19,510

 

Rohm Co. Ltd.

 

14,200

 

1,262,863

 

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (a)

 

374,900

 

4,989,919

 

Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

55,000

 

1,982,750

 

Textron, Inc.

 

6,400

 

704,704

 

 

 

 

 

25,648,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance 4.86%

 

 

 

 

 

Allstate Corp.

 

58,000

 

3,567,580

 

Castlepoint Holdings Ltd.

 

51,600

 

758,004

 

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

 

195,100

 

4,623,870

 

Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.

 

293,800

 

5,447,052

 

Platinum Underwriters Holdings

 

84,577

 

2,939,051

 

The Travelers Cos, Inc.

 

49,500

 

2,648,250

 

 

 

 

 

19,983,807

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media 0.55%

 

 

 

 

 

Kyocera Corp.

 

6,300

 

672,341

 

Nippon Television Network Corp.

 

11,700

 

1,598,327

 

 

 

 

 

2,270,668

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metals & Mining 3.73%

 

 

 

 

 

Anglo American PLC - ADR

 

32,600

 

956,484

 

Cameco Corp.

 

107,200

 

5,439,328

 

Denison Mines Corp. (a)

 

129,500

 

1,549,988

 

First Uranium Corp. (a)

 

40,000

 

448,721

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

 

18,900

 

1,565,298

 

Goldcorp, Inc.

 

36,200

 

857,578

 

Paladin Resources Ltd. (a)

 

170,000

 

1,190,484

 

Uex Corp. (a)

 

20,000

 

139,873

 

Uranium One, Inc. (a)

 

226,605

 

2,886,675

 

Ur-Energy, Inc. (a)

 

70,000

 

294,391

 

 

 

 

 

15,328,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate 7.19%

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing Capital Land Ltd. (b)

 

369,000

 

212,362

 

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

 

390,500

 

5,113,976

 

China Resources Land Ltd.

 

482,000

 

728,622

 

Ciputra Development Tbk PT (a)

 

6,190,000

 

616,602

 

Cosco Corp. Singapore Ltd.

 

359,000

 

877,126

 

Daiwa House Industry Co

 

85,000

 

1,216,406

 

Diamond City Co. Ltd.

 

55,000

 

1,331,168

 

Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.

 

425,767

 

1,491,970

 

 

 

5



 

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

 

205,000

 

706,562

 

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

 

258,000

 

1,757,021

 

Hopewell Holdings

 

179,000

 

730,267

 

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

 

739,960

 

1,968,381

 

Hyundai Development Co.

 

21,700

 

1,545,554

 

Italian-Thai Development PCL

 

3,685,000

 

645,742

 

Kerry Properties Ltd.

 

111,000

 

697,015

 

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

 

91,300

 

2,565,669

 

Shimao Property Holdings Ltd.

 

285,500

 

638,242

 

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

 

287,000

 

3,453,896

 

Trinity Capital Plc (a)(b)

 

614,774

 

1,030,837

 

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

 

425,000

 

1,698,543

 

YNH Property Bhd

 

619,500

 

516,773

 

 

 

 

 

29,542,734

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) 0.20%

 

 

 

 

 

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

 

56,700

 

817,614

 

Regal Real Estate Investment Trust (a)

 

70,405

 

23,951

 

 

 

 

 

841,565

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology & Communications 17.11%

 

 

 

 

 

Alcatel-Lucent - ADR

 

7,600

 

106,400

 

AU Optronics Corp. - ADR

 

76,400

 

1,314,080

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

 

25,000

 

1,211,750

 

Centron Telecom International Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

398,000

 

180,696

 

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (a)

 

1,700,000

 

1,499,265

 

China Unicom Ltd.

 

854,000

 

1,470,079

 

Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)

 

331,400

 

9,229,490

 

Comcast Corp. (a)

 

189,400

 

5,295,624

 

Corning, Inc. (a)

 

141,400

 

3,612,770

 

Google, Inc. (a)

 

21,000

 

10,990,980

 

Ingram Micro, Inc. (a)

 

133,100

 

2,889,601

 

KT Corp. - ADR

 

68,800

 

1,614,048

 

Lenovo Group Ltd.

 

7,000,000

 

4,127,021

 

LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd. - ADR

 

72,900

 

1,649,727

 

Magal Security Systems Ltd. (a)

 

254,826

 

2,578,839

 

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a)

 

30,000

 

1,833,600

 

Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp.

 

172,000

 

1,049,291

 

Powerchip Semiconductor Corp. - GDR (b)

 

319,500

 

1,944,253

 

Qualcomm, Inc.

 

82,900

 

3,597,031

 

Radvision Ltd. (a)

 

271,400

 

5,707,542

 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

 

3,060

 

1,874,720

 

Time Warner, Inc.

 

259,400

 

5,457,776

 

Yahoo!, Inc (a)

 

40,000

 

1,085,200

 

 

 

 

 

70,319,783

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation 2.41%

 

 

 

 

 

AMR Corp. (a)

 

83,300

 

2,194,955

 

FedEx Corp.

 

32,600

 

3,617,622

 

Golar LNG, Ltd.

 

85,300

 

1,421,098

 

Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

61,640

 

1,254,374

 

UAL Corp. (a)

 

35,400

 

1,436,886

 

 

 

 

 

9,924,935

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities 6.12%

 

 

 

 

 

Byd Co. Ltd.

 

125,500

 

721,458

 

China Coal Energy Co. (a)(b)

 

206,000

 

308,768

 

China Power International Development Ltd.

 

1,550,000

 

846,442

 

Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd. (a)

 

2,704,400

 

4,178,068

 

DPL, Inc.

 

60,000

 

1,700,400

 

EganaGoldpfeil Holdings Ltd.

 

934,000

 

815,841

 

Equitable Resources, Inc.

 

20,000

 

991,200

 

Gamuda Bhd

 

243,400

 

567,522

 

Huadian Power International Co.

 

3,931,800

 

2,036,499

 

Huaneng Power International Inc

 

2,147,000

 

2,438,275

 

PT Astra International Tbk

 

1,712,300

 

3,202,863

 

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd.

 

3,200,000

 

2,095,355

 

Sinotrans Ltd.

 

1,739,000

 

822,885

 

Southern Union Company

 

58,400

 

1,903,256

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

 

79,800

 

2,523,276

 

 

 

 

 

25,152,108

 

 

 

6



 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $442,805,553)

 

 

 

496,609,769

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 6.69%

 

 

 

 

 

iShares 5.10%

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Jones Select Dividend

 

70,000

 

5,030,900

 

MSCI Pacific

 

5,600

 

819,840

 

MSCI Taiwan

 

169,900

 

2,711,604

 

S&P Latin America 40

 

30,000

 

6,385,200

 

iShares Silver Trust (a)

 

48,500

 

5,997,025

 

 

 

 

 

20,944,569

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ProShares 1.19%

 

 

 

 

 

UltraShort QQQ

 

107,500

 

4,908,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

StreetTRACKS 0.40%

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Trust (a)

 

25,500

 

1,638,630

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost $24,296,027)

 

 

 

27,491,649

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS 0.22%

 

 

 

 

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 6.750% (b)

 

7,000

 

899,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $700,000)

 

 

 

899,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOSED-END FUNDS 0.40%

 

 

 

 

 

The Ottoman Fund (a)(b)

 

835,800

 

1,661,597

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CLOSED-END FUNDS
(Cost $1,453,874)

 

 

 

1,661,597

 

 

Due Date

 

Coupon Rate

 

Principal Amount

 

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS 7.40%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calyon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/29/2022 (b)^

 

9.300

%

$

5,000,000

 

4,868,750

 

Citigroup, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/11/2034

 

5.850

%

2,000,000

 

1,917,028

 

 

 

7



 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/29/2022 (b)^

 

9.580

%

7,500,000

 

7,167,750

 

04/05/2022 (b)^

 

7.000

%

5,000,000

 

4,612,500

 

Rabobank Nederland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04/17/2022 (b)

 

7.050

%

5,000,000

 

4,612,500

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/15/2038

 

6.500

%

800,000

 

806,579

 

Swedish Export Credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04/30/2012 (c)

 

9.949

%

6,200,000

 

6,448,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $31,288,804)

 

 

 

 

 

30,433,107

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES 4.86%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2006-3, Class ZE, 03/25/2036

 

6.000

%

4,332,285

 

3,978,714

 

Series 2006-65, Class DP, 07/25/2036 *

 

6.000

%

9,551,666

 

9,166,238

 

Series 2006-83, Class HZ, 08/25/2036

 

6.000

%

5,255,701

 

5,101,078

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association (FHLMC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2007-3271, Class AS, 02/15/2037 ^

 

6.900

%

1,935,931

 

1,725,499

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost $20,544,154)

 

 

 

 

 

19,971,529

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 5.99%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-U.S. Government Obligations 2.51%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Queensland Treasury Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07/14/2009

 

6.000

%

12,300,000

 

10,315,255

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $9,514,365)

 

 

 

 

 

10,315,255

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Obligations 3.48%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Bank System (FHLB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/20/2021 ^ *

 

7.500

%

15,000,000

 

14,287,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $15,000,000)

 

 

 

 

 

14,287,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $24,514,365)

 

 

 

 

 

24,602,755

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPATION NOTES 0.24%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walsin Lihwa Corp (a)

 

 

 

1,710,000

 

1,008,900

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PARTICIPATION NOTES
(Cost $996,075)

 

 

 

 

 

1,008,900

 

 

 

 

Expiration Date

 

Exercise Price

 

Number of Contracts

 

Value

 

PURCHASED OPTIONS 0.51%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PURCHASED CALL OPTIONS 0.26%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January, 2008

 

$

88

 

10,000

 

1,050,000

 

PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS 0.25%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S&P 500 Index Option

 

September, 2007

 

1450

 

215

 

488,050

 

S&P 500 Index Option

 

December, 2007

 

1400

 

215

 

554,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,042,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS
(Cost $4,615,111)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,092,750

 

 

 

 

Principal Amount

 

Value

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 16.20%

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
(FHLMC)

 

20,000,000

 

19,743,940

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

 

20,000,000

 

19,757,519

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

JP Morgan Prime

 

13,053,612

 

13,053,612

 

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional

 

14,040,061

 

14,040,061

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $66,587,992)

 

 

 

66,595,132

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments — 163.31%
(Cost $617,801,955)

 

 

 

671,366,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (20.71)%

 

 

 

(85,132,073

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidation Preference of Auction Market Preferred
Shares, Series M28 and F7 (including dividends payable on preferred shares) - (42.60)%

 

 

 

(175,137,361

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.00%

 

 

 

$

411,097,254

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

Expiration Date

 

Exercise Price

 

Number of Contracts

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COVERED CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

 

August, 2007

 

$

105

 

170

 

$

(61,200

)

GlobalSantaFe Corp.

 

August, 2007

 

75

 

350

 

(75,250

)

Noble Corp.

 

August, 2007

 

100

 

300

 

(105,000

)

Transocean, Inc.

 

August, 2007

 

110

 

230

 

(79,350

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COVERED CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(320,800

)

(Premiums received $284,162)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(320,800

)

(Premiums received $284,162)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT

 

Name

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

 

(31,000

)

$

(1,143,280

)

Comerica, Inc.

 

(13,900

)

(826,633

)

Countrywide Financial

 

(36,900

)

(1,341,315

)

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

 

(172,600

)

(6,242,942

)

Frontline Limited

 

(58,700

)

(2,691,395

)

Holly Corp.

 

(12,000

)

(890,280

)

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund

 

(99,400

)

(12,802,720

)

iShares MSCI Brazil

 

(12,800

)

(783,488

)

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund

 

(25,400

)

(2,106,676

)

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets

 

(91,200

)

(11,980,944

)

National - Oilwell, Inc. (a)

 

(8,000

)

(833,920

)

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

 

(36,100

)

(946,181

)

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

 

(21,700

)

(1,057,007

)

Polaris Industries, Inc.

 

(22,100

)

(1,196,936

)

Powershares QQQ

 

(20,000

)

(951,400

)

Questar Corp.

 

(8,000

)

(422,800

)

Quicksilver Resources, Inc. (a)

 

(28,000

)

(1,248,240

)

Regional Bank HOLDRs Trust

 

(37,800

)

(5,855,598

)

Ship Finance International Ltd.

 

(6,289

)

(186,666

)

Teekay Corp.

 

(8,700

)

(503,817

)

Tesoro Corp.

 

(10,000

)

(571,500

)

Thor Industries, Inc.

 

(10,700

)

(482,998

)

Toro Co.

 

(17,000

)

(1,001,130

)

Ultra Petroleum Corp. (a)

 

(22,000

)

(1,215,280

)

Unit Corp. (a)

 

(36,900

)

(2,321,379

)

Valero Energy Corp.

 

(12,000

)

(886,320

)

Wachovia Corp.

 

(5,000

)

(256,250

)

Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)

 

(25,400

)

(1,029,208

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Securities Sold Short (Proceeds $60,255,430)

 

 

 

 

$

(61,776,303

)

 


ADR

American Depository Receipt

GDR

Global Depository Receipt

(a)

Non Income Producing Security

(b)

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 June 30, 2007, these securities had total value of $29,308,574 or 7.13% of total net assets.

(c)

Fair valued security; valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

 

As of June 30, 2007, these securities had total value of $9,007,386 or 2.19% of total net assets.

(d)

Private Placement; these securities may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. As of June 30, 2007, these securities had total of $1,184,386 or 0.29% of total net assets.

*

Security, or portion of security, is being held as collateral for written options and/or short sales.

^

Floating or variable rate security - rate disclosed as of June 30, 2007. Maturity date represents the next reset date.

 

Income Tax Information:

 

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments based on federal tax costs were as follows:

 

As of June 30, 2007

 

 

 

Gross appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)

 

$

66,488,682

 

Gross depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)

 

(16,208,499

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

50,280,183

 

Cost of investments for income tax purposes

 

$

621,086,505

 

 

See Notes to Quarterly Statement of Investments.

 

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Notes to Quarterly Statement of Investments

June 30, 2007 (unaudited)

 

1. Significant Accounting and Operating Policies

Clough Global Equity 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 January 25, 2005. 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 Fund’s 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 Fund’s Statement of Operations.

 

 

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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 Fund’s 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 June 30, 2007 was as follows:

 

CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

Number of

 

Amount of

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Premiums

 

Options outstanding as of December 31, 2006

 

10,000

 

$

1,417,456

 

Positions opened

 

1,050

 

284,162

 

Options closed

 

(10,000

)

(1,417,456

)

Options expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, June 30, 2007

 

1,050

 

$

284,162

 

Market Value, June 30, 2007

 

 

 

$

(320,800

)

 

 

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PUT OPTIONS  WRITTEN

 

 

 

Number of

 

Amount of

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Premiums

 

Options outstanding as of December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Positions opened

 

20,000

 

$

2,412,955

 

Options closed

 

 

 

Options expired

 

(20,000

)

(2,412,955

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, June 30, 2007

 

 

$

 

Market Value, June 30, 2007

 

 

 

$

 

 

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.

 

 

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Item 2 - Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)                                  The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have evaluated the Registrant’s 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 Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date.

 

(b)                                 There was no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) during Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3 – Exhibits.

 

Separate certifications for the Registrant’s 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.

 

 

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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 EQUITY FUND

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edmund J. Burke

 

 

 

 

Edmund J. Burke

 

 

 

President (principal executive

 

 

 

officer)

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

August 29, 2007

 

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:

August 29, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeremy O. May

 

 

 

 

Jeremy O. May

 

 

 

Treasurer (principal financial

 

 

 

officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

August 29, 2007

 

 

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