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

811-21583

 

 

CLOUGH GLOBAL ALLOCATION 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 Allocation 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:

December 31, 2008

 

 



 

Item 1 – Schedule of Investments.

 


 


 

Clough Global Allocation Fund

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS 89.01%

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer/Retail 4.67%

 

 

 

 

 

Anta Sports Products, Ltd.

 

436,300

 

$

198,722

 

ASKUL Corp.

 

21,700

 

457,459

 

Belle International Holdings, Ltd.

 

593,000

 

260,148

 

China Dongxiang Group Co.

 

885,000

 

214,678

 

China Mengniu Dairy Co., Ltd.

 

191,000

 

248,417

 

Ctrip.com International, Ltd.-ADR

 

13,804

 

328,535

 

DSW, Inc.(a)

 

5,392

 

67,184

 

eBay, Inc.(a)

 

40,000

 

558,400

 

GOME Electrical Appliances Holdings, Ltd.(b)

 

1,754,700

 

253,576

 

Home Inns & Hotels Management, Inc. - ADR(a)

 

7,500

 

64,350

 

Jardine Matheson Holdings, Ltd.

 

32,650

 

604,025

 

Jardine Strategic Holdings, Ltd.

 

25,921

 

269,578

 

Kraft Foods, Inc.

 

32,700

 

877,995

 

Li Ning Co., Ltd.

 

76,000

 

118,655

 

Little Sheep Group, Ltd.(a) (c)

 

59,000

 

15,682

 

Parkson Retail Group, Ltd.

 

447,500

 

508,116

 

Ports Design, Ltd.

 

425,000

 

515,471

 

Pou Sheng International Holdings, Ltd.(a) (c)

 

818,000

 

87,603

 

Regal Hotels International Holdings, Ltd.

 

374,390

 

103,860

 

Shanghai Industrial Holdings, Ltd.

 

60,300

 

137,714

 

Swire Pacific, Ltd.

 

60,000

 

413,022

 

 

 

 

 

6,303,190

 

Energy 9.14%

 

 

 

 

 

Coal 0.98%

 

 

 

 

 

Arch Coal, Inc.

 

18,691

 

304,476

 

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

 

22,615

 

646,337

 

Massey Energy Co.

 

5,900

 

81,361

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

 

12,739

 

289,812

 

 

 

 

 

1,321,986

 

Exploration & Production 5.27%

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

 

22,300

 

859,665

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

 

15,500

 

250,635

 

Devon Energy Corp.

 

8,783

 

577,131

 

InterOil Corp.(a)

 

33,037

 

454,259

 

Noble Energy, Inc.

 

32,925

 

1,620,569

 

OAO Gazprom - ADR

 

24,100

 

343,425

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

 

6,900

 

413,931

 

PetroHawk Energy Corp.(a)

 

55,058

 

860,557

 

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - ADR

 

10,900

 

266,941

 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

 

5,300

 

85,754

 

Range Resources Corp.

 

30,700

 

1,055,773

 

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

 

10,700

 

309,979

 

 

 

 

 

7,098,619

 

Oil Services & Drillers 2.84%

 

 

 

 

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

 

19,587

 

1,154,458

 

Hercules Offshore, Inc.(a)

 

11,920

 

56,620

 

Noble Corp.

 

10,000

 

220,600

 

Seadrill, Ltd.

 

21,000

 

165,250

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

 

9,800

 

191,100

 

Transocean, Inc.(a)

 

38,181

 

1,804,052

 

Weatherford International, Ltd.(a)

 

12,083

 

130,738

 

Willbros Group, Inc.(a)

 

12,694

 

107,518

 

 

 

 

 

3,830,336

 

Tankers 0.05%

 

 

 

 

 

Golar LNG, Ltd.

 

10,500

 

70,980

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

12,321,921

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 11.32%

 

 

 

 

 

Banks 8.19%

 

 

 

 

 

Banco Bradesco S.A. - ADR

 

65,035

 

641,895

 

Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. - ADR

 

85,834

 

995,675

 

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

 

3,816,000

 

708,936

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

121,434

 

1,709,791

 

BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp.

 

105,700

 

1,042,202

 

Daishin Securities Co., Ltd.-GDR

 

77,200

 

197,362

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

 

7,600

 

641,364

 

Indochina Capital Vietnam Holdings, Ltd.(a)

 

200,000

 

495,000

 

Malayan Banking BHD

 

51,025

 

75,210

 

Morgan Stanley

 

70,400

 

1,129,216

 

Nomura Holdings, Inc. - ADR

 

20,752

 

173,279

 

 



 

PennantPark Investment Corp.

 

160,030

 

577,708

 

Public Bank BHD

 

307,700

 

787,037

 

Siam Commercial Bank PCL

 

460,000

 

638,154

 

Standard Chartered PLC

 

20,000

 

237,671

 

Unibanco - Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros - GDR

 

15,400

 

995,148

 

 

 

 

 

11,045,648

 

Non-Bank 3.13%

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo Investment Corp.

 

298,489

 

2,778,933

 

Ares Capital Corp.

 

89,483

 

566,427

 

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

 

3,600

 

45,144

 

CME Group, Inc.

 

2,900

 

603,519

 

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, Ltd.

 

15,600

 

148,146

 

Maiden Holdings, Ltd.(c)

 

23,900

 

74,807

 

 

 

 

 

4,216,976

 

TOTAL FINANCE

 

 

 

15,262,624

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold/Metals 2.66%

 

 

 

 

 

Agnico-Eagle Mines, Ltd.

 

26,900

 

1,380,777

 

Anglo American PLC - ADR

 

18,134

 

210,717

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

 

29,800

 

728,312

 

Goldcorp, Inc.

 

40,178

 

1,266,812

 

 

 

 

 

3,586,618

 

Health Care 2.52%

 

 

 

 

 

BioSphere Medical, Inc.(a) (d)

 

50,000

 

96,500

 

BioSphere Medical, Inc.(a)

 

182,703

 

352,617

 

Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

 

80,200

 

344,860

 

Pfizer, Inc.

 

146,600

 

2,596,286

 

 

 

 

 

3,390,263

 

Industrial 6.55%

 

 

 

 

 

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, Inc.

 

46,800

 

793,728

 

Bakrie Sumatera Plantations Tbk PT

 

1,527,000

 

36,424

 

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.

 

113,641

 

1,142,092

 

China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corp.(a) (c)

 

1,382,500

 

750,990

 

Crown Holdings, Inc.(a)

 

43,300

 

831,360

 

Foster Wheeler, Ltd.(a)

 

94,700

 

2,214,086

 

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.(a)

 

22,000

 

1,058,200

 

McDermott International, Inc.(a)

 

81,300

 

803,244

 

PT Astra International Tbk

 

735,000

 

711,399

 

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

 

990,000

 

254,200

 

Textron, Inc.

 

7,400

 

102,638

 

Weichai Power Co., Ltd.

 

73,000

 

137,519

 

 

 

 

 

8,835,880

 

Insurance 11.56%

 

 

 

 

 

ACE, Ltd.

 

16,400

 

867,888

 

Allstate Corp.

 

81,123

 

2,657,589

 

Aon Corp.

 

16,700

 

762,856

 

Arch Capital Group, Ltd.(a)

 

4,900

 

343,490

 

Everest Re Group, Ltd.

 

8,900

 

677,646

 

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

 

225,900

 

4,009,725

 

Metlife, Inc.

 

27,778

 

968,341

 

Montpelier Re Holdings, Ltd.

 

62,800

 

1,054,412

 

PartnerRe, Ltd.

 

9,900

 

705,573

 

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd.

 

13,500

 

696,060

 

The Travelers Cos, Inc.

 

62,900

 

2,843,080

 

 

 

 

 

15,586,660

 

Metals & Mining 0.03%

 

 

 

 

 

First Uranium Corp.(a)

 

8,000

 

11,859

 

Uex Corp.(a)

 

2,700

 

1,444

 

Uranium One, Inc.(a)

 

3,700

 

5,365

 

Ur-Energy, Inc.(a)

 

27,200

 

15,203

 

 

 

 

 

33,871

 

Real Estate 5.23%

 

 

 

 

 

Cheung Kong Holdings, Ltd.

 

251,800

 

2,381,478

 

Great Eagle Holdings, Ltd.

 

235,080

 

261,160

 

Hang Lung Group, Ltd.

 

38,000

 

114,978

 

Hang Lung Properties, Ltd.

 

117,000

 

254,223

 

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.

 

148,000

 

548,063

 

Hopewell Holdings, Ltd.

 

95,000

 

312,573

 

Hysan Development Co., Ltd.

 

406,875

 

657,283

 

Italian-Thai Development PLC

 

2,088,000

 

134,477

 

Kerry Properties, Ltd.

 

129,072

 

343,906

 

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd.

 

167,900

 

1,399,492

 

Wharf Holdings, Ltd.

 

192,250

 

527,123

 

YNH Property BHD

 

361,770

 

118,150

 

 

 

 

 

7,052,906

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) 7.88%

 

 

 

 

 

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

 

293,200

 

4,653,085

 

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp.

 

127,114

 

817,343

 

 



 

Capstead Mortgage Corp.

 

34,700

 

373,719

 

Chimera Investment Corp.

 

130,500

 

450,225

 

Hatteras Financial Corp.(c)

 

50,300

 

1,337,980

 

Hatteras Financial Corp.

 

98,400

 

2,617,440

 

MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc.

 

63,000

 

371,070

 

Regal Real Estate Investment Trust

 

37,439

 

4,686

 

 

 

 

 

10,625,548

 

Technology & Communications 18.10%

 

 

 

 

 

Applied Materials, Inc.

 

33,500

 

339,355

 

Cablevision Systems Corp.

 

18,900

 

318,276

 

Centron Telecom International Holdings, Ltd.

 

238,000

 

26,410

 

China Telecom Corp., Ltd.

 

688,000

 

256,551

 

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.-ADR

 

133,058

 

2,075,705

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.(a)

 

214,900

 

3,502,870

 

Comcast Corp.

 

91,200

 

1,472,880

 

EMC Corp.(a)

 

60,000

 

628,200

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

 

97,600

 

3,204,208

 

Intel Corp.

 

147,209

 

2,158,084

 

Magal Security Systems, Ltd.(a)

 

76,443

 

447,192

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

84,478

 

1,642,252

 

Net Servicos de Comunicacao S.A. - ADR

 

57,000

 

331,740

 

Nokia Corp. - ADR

 

103,514

 

1,614,818

 

Oracle Corp.(a)

 

128,500

 

2,278,305

 

Qualcomm, Inc.

 

53,400

 

1,913,322

 

Radvision, Ltd.(a)

 

157,945

 

851,323

 

Sohu.com, Inc.(a)

 

11,000

 

520,740

 

Yahoo! Inc.(a)

 

67,100

 

818,620

 

 

 

 

 

24,400,851

 

Transportation 1.69%

 

 

 

 

 

Babcock & Brown Air, Ltd. - ADR

 

62,800

 

425,156

 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

 

15,700

 

1,188,647

 

Seaspan Corp.

 

75,000

 

666,750

 

 

 

 

 

2,280,553

 

Utilities 7.66%

 

 

 

 

 

AES Corp.(a)

 

78,000

 

642,720

 

DPL, Inc.

 

28,900

 

660,076

 

Dynegy Inc. - Class A(a)

 

12,900

 

25,800

 

Enbridge, Inc.

 

14,400

 

461,453

 

Equitable Resources, Inc.

 

15,490

 

519,690

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

 

7,000

 

340,060

 

General Cable Corp.(a)

 

107,833

 

1,907,566

 

KBR, Inc.

 

104,070

 

1,581,864

 

National Fuel Gas Co.

 

4,771

 

149,475

 

Quanta Services, Inc.(a)

 

189,013

 

3,742,457

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

 

20,600

 

298,288

 

 

 

 

 

10,329,449

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $151,150,068)

 

 

 

120,010,334

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 7.42%

 

 

 

 

 

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund

 

24,800

 

723,664

 

iShares MSCI Brazil

 

24,226

 

845,487

 

iShares MSCI Taiwan

 

48,323

 

366,772

 

Oil Service HOLDRs Trust

 

80,000

 

5,900,000

 

Semiconductor HOLDRs Trust

 

55,400

 

980,580

 

SPDR Gold Shares(a)

 

13,800

 

1,194,390

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost $14,711,215)

 

 

 

10,010,893

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS 0.29%

 

 

 

 

 

Arch Capital Group, Ltd., 7.875%

 

19,500

 

390,390

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $482,625)

 

 

 

390,390

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOSED-END FUNDS 0.19%

 

 

 

 

 

The Ottoman Fund(a) (c)

 

515,340

 

251,917

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CLOSED-END FUNDS
(Cost $896,434)

 

 

 

251,917

 

 

 

 

Principal 
Amount

 

 

 

PARTICIPATION NOTES 0.17%

 

 

 

 

 

Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd.(a)

 

$

206,000

 

229,112

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PARTICIPATION NOTES
(Cost $232,471)

 

 

 

229,112

 

 



 

 

 

Coupon
 Rate

 

 

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS 8.46%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACE INA Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/15/2018

 

5.800

%

375,000

 

338,063

 

Allstate Life Global Funding Trusts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04/30/2013

 

5.375

%

525,000

 

517,300

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/15/2016

 

5.950

%

375,000

 

331,733

 

Aon Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/14/2012

 

7.375

%

215,000

 

212,541

 

Apache Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/15/2013

 

6.000

%

600,000

 

622,876

 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/01/2017

 

5.650

%

725,000

 

697,265

 

Chubb Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/15/2011

 

6.000

%

550,000

 

551,415

 

Comcast Cable Communications LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/15/2013

 

7.125

%

680,000

 

668,667

 

Comcast Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/15/2016

 

5.900

%

200,000

 

191,237

 

CSX Transportation, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/15/2014

 

8.375

%

350,000

 

363,801

 

Devon Financing Corp. ULC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/30/2011

 

6.875

%

630,000

 

636,163

 

Eaton Vance Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/02/2017

 

6.500

%

575,000

 

510,320

 

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/01/2019

 

9.875

%

375,000

 

378,005

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04/01/2015

 

8.250

%

365,000

 

310,608

 

General Dynamics Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

02/01/2014

 

5.250

%

590,000

 

605,314

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/01/2014

 

6.125

%

350,000

 

372,462

 

Kraft Foods, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08/11/2017

 

6.500

%

400,000

 

402,713

 

The Kroger Co.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

02/01/2010

 

8.050

%

500,000

 

508,323

 

Sara Lee Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/15/2011

 

6.250

%

400,000

 

396,218

 

TEPPCO Partners LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

02/01/2013

 

6.125

%

560,000

 

498,667

 

The Travelers Cos, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/15/2012

 

5.375

%

510,000

 

509,283

 

05/15/2018

 

5.800

%

275,000

 

265,388

 

Union Pacific Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/31/2013

 

5.450

%

500,000

 

485,415

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

02/15/2018

 

5.800

%

250,000

 

277,133

 

XTO Energy, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/15/2013

 

5.750

%

775,000

 

753,111

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $11,184,649)

 

 

 

 

 

11,404,021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES 11.70%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freddie Mac REMICS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2006-3155, Class SA, 11/15/2035(e)

 

30.930

%

1,600,214

 

1,733,175

 

Ginnie Mae I pool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2008-675480, 06/15/2038

 

5.500

%

3,559,623

 

3,675,015

 

Series 2008-675488, 06/15/2038

 

5.500

%

1,474,936

 

1,522,749

 

Series 2008-696604, 08/15/2038

 

5.500

%

1,295,929

 

1,337,939

 

Ginnie Mae II pool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2008-686743, 05/20/2038

 

5.500

%

992,142

 

1,021,365

 

Series 2008-4183, 07/20/2038

 

6.000

%

1,475,734

 

1,520,006

 

Series 2008-4194, 07/20/2038

 

5.500

%

1,733,521

 

1,784,580

 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2003-16, Class A, 04/16/2016

 

3.130

%

1,343,204

 

1,350,494

 

Series 2007-37, Class SA, 03/20/2037(e)

 

20.403

%

502,752

 

493,119

 

Series 2007-37, Class SB, 03/20/2037(e)

 

20.403

%

451,989

 

427,737

 

Series 2007-37, Class SY, 06/16/2037(e)

 

20.662

%

291,526

 

281,509

 

Small Business Administration Participation Certificates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2008-20L, Class 1, 12/01/2028

 

6.220

%

590,000

 

626,065

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost $15,139,453)

 

 

 

 

 

15,773,753

 

 



 

GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 14.79%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Obligations 14.79%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/30/2012

 

 

 

4.875

600,000

 

674,578

 

02/15/2014

 

 

 

4.000

2,000,000

 

2,267,502

 

08/15/2016

 

 

 

4.875

3,900,000

 

4,661,416

 

05/15/2017

 

 

 

4.500

3,000,000

 

3,521,253

 

08/15/2017

 

 

 

4.750

2,500,000

 

2,989,845

 

08/15/2018

 

 

 

4.000

2,000,000

 

2,310,158

 

05/15/2038

 

 

 

4.500

1,750,000

 

2,389,025

 

U.S. Treasury Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07/31/2012

 

 

 

4.625

1,000,000

 

1,121,329

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $17,393,291)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,935,106

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STRUCTURED NOTES 1.54%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/29/2022(b) (c) (e)

 

 

 

9.580

4,000,000

 

2,080,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL STRUCTURED NOTES
(Cost $4,000,000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,080,000

 

 

 

 

Expiration

 

Exercise

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

Price

 

Contracts

 

Value

 

PURCHASED OPTIONS 7.52%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased Call Options 0.00%(f)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.

 

January, 2009

 

$

60.00

 

500

 

1,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PURCHASED CALL OPTIONS
(Cost $511,528)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased Put Options 7.52%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil Service HOLDRs Trust

 

January, 2009

 

160.00

 

800

 

6,892,000

 

S&P 500 Index

 

January, 2009

 

800.00

 

300

 

139,500

 

S&P 500 Index

 

January, 2009

 

830.00

 

300

 

252,000

 

S&P 500 Index

 

January, 2009

 

860.00

 

500

 

740,000

 

S&P 500 Index

 

February, 2009

 

875.00

 

500

 

2,110,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS
(Cost $14,732,135)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,133,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS
(Cost $15,243,663)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,134,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 Day
Yield

 

Shares

 

Value

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 11.29%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dreyfus Treasury Prime Money Market Fund(g)

 

 

 

0.011

15,220,696

 

15,220,696

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $15,220,696)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,220,696

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments* - 152.38%
(Cost $245,654,565)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

205,440,972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (52.38%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(70,614,743

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

134,826,229

 

 

 

 

Expiration

 

Exercise

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

Price

 

Contracts

 

Value

 

SCHEDULE OF OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Call Options Written

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Cable Corp.

 

January, 2009

 

$

17.50

 

30

 

$

(4,425

)

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.

 

January, 2009

 

75.00

 

500

 

(1,250

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN

(Premiums received $240,706)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,675

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put Options Written

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S&P 500 Index

 

January, 2009

 

700.00

 

300

 

(27,000

)

S&P 500 Index

 

January, 2009

 

750.00

 

300

 

(57,000

)

S&P 500 Index

 

January, 2009

 

775.00

 

500

 

(147,500

)

S&P 500 Index

 

February, 2009

 

750.00

 

500

 

(602,500

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN

(Premiums received $7,603,621)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(834,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL OPTIONS WRITTEN

(Premiums received $7,844,327)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(839,675

)

 



 

SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT

 

Name

 

Shares

 

Value

 

3M Co.

 

(37,200

)

$

(2,140,488

)

Amazon.com, Inc.

 

(14,600

)

(748,688

)

Ashland, Inc.

 

(3,700

)

(38,887

)

Autozone, Inc.

 

(16,700

)

(2,329,149

)

Bill Barrett Corp.

 

(25,089

)

(530,131

)

Cie Generale d’Optique Essilor International S.A.

 

(5,600

)

(261,318

)

Cimarex Energy Co.

 

(16,133

)

(432,042

)

Citigroup, Inc.

 

(249,600

)

(1,674,816

)

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

(7,000

)

(272,510

)

Costco Wholesale Corp.

 

(30,800

)

(1,617,000

)

DaVita, Inc.

 

(200

)

(9,914

)

Dawson Geophysical Co.

 

(1,400

)

(24,934

)

Euro Currency Trust

 

(1,700

)

(237,813

)

Financial Select Sector SPDR

 

(81,400

)

(1,027,268

)

General Electric Co.

 

(249,621

)

(4,043,859

)

Genuine Parts Co.

 

(14,394

)

(544,957

)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund

 

(65,986

)

(2,456,659

)

iShares S&P 500 Index Fund

 

(4,900

)

(443,156

)

Li & Fung, Ltd.

 

(103,000

)

(176,491

)

Nippon Steel Corp.

 

(210,000

)

(671,814

)

POSCO-ADR

 

(3,910

)

(294,228

)

Public Storage

 

(12,200

)

(969,900

)

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

 

(5,300

)

(275,123

)

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

(10,600

)

(563,178

)

Softbank Corp.

 

(18,900

)

(334,216

)

Sunoco, Inc.

 

(22,900

)

(995,234

)

Swift Energy Co.

 

(12,676

)

(213,084

)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

(4,700

)

(142,786

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT

(Proceeds $27,613,651)

 

 

 

$

(23,469,643

)

 


ADR - American Depositary Receipt

BHD - Berhad (in Malaysia; equivalent to Public Limited Company)

GDR - Global Depositary Receipt

LLC - Limited Liability Company

LP - Limited Partnership PCL-Public Company Limited

PLC - Public Limited Company

PT - equivalent to Public Limited Company in Indonesia

REMICS - Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits

S.A. - Generally designates corporations in various countries, mostly those employing the civil law.

SPDR - Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

Tbk - Terbuka (stock symbol in Indonesian)

ULC - Unlimited Liability Company

 

*   All securities are being held as collateral for borrowings, written options and/or short sales as of December 31, 2008.

 

(a) Non-Income Producing Security.

 

(b) Fair valued security; valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2008, these securities had a total value of $2,333,576 or 1.73% of net assets.

 

(c) 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, 2008, these securities had a total value of $4,598,979 or 3.41% of net assets.

 

(d) Private Placement; these securities may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. As of December 31, 2008, these securities had a total value of $96,500 or 0.07% of net assets.

 

(e) Floating or variable rate security - rate disclosed as of December 31, 2008.

 

(f) Amount represents less than 0.005% of net assets.

 

(g) Investments in other funds are calculated at their respective net asset values as determined by those funds, in accordance with the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 



 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. Industries are shown as a percent of net assets. These industry classifications are unaudited.

 

Income Tax Information:

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2008

 

 

 

Gross appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)

 

$

8,813,028

 

Gross depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)

 

(55,074,748

)

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(46,261,720

)

Cost of investments for income tax purposes

 

$

251,702,692

 

 

See Notes to Quarterly Statement of Investments.

 



 

Notes to Quarterly Statement of Investments

December 31, 2008 (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 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. 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 more 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.

 

A foreign currency contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at a future date, at a negotiated rate. The Fund may enter into foreign currency contracts to settle specific purchases or sales of securities denominated in a foreign currency and for protection from adverse exchange rate fluctuation. Risks to the Fund include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contract.

 

There were no outstanding foreign currency contracts for the Fund as of December 31, 2008.

 

Fair Valuation: If the price of a security is unavailable in accordance with the Fund’s pricing procedures, or the price of a security is suspect, e.g., due to the occurrence of a significant event, the security may be valued at its fair value determined pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. For this purpose, fair value is the price that the Fund reasonably expects to receive on a current sale of the security. Due to the number of variables affecting the price of a security, however; it is possible that the fair value of a security may not accurately reflect the price that the Fund could actually receive on a sale of the security. As of December 31, 2008, securities which have been fair valued represented 1.73% of the Fund’s net assets.

 



 

The Fund adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“FAS 157”), “Fair Value Measurements,” on April 1, 2008. FAS 157 established a three-tier hierarchy to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on the best information available.

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of each Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

 

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2008.

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities
at Value

 

Other Financial Instruments*
Unrealized Appreciation 
(Depreciation)

 

Level 1 - Quoted Prices

 

$

175,700,510

 

$

(24,309,318

)

Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

29,740,462

 

 

Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

 

 

Total

 

$

205,440,972

 

$

(24,309,318

)

 


* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Statement of Investments, such as written options, short sales, currency contracts, futures, forward contracts and swap contracts.

 

The following is a reconciliation of assets in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

 

 

 

Investments in Securities

 

Other Financial 
Instruments (OFI)

 

OFI – Market Value

 

Balance as of 3/31/08

 

$

562,500

 

 

 

 

 

Realized gain/(loss)

 

(487,500

)

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net purchases/(sales)

 

(75,000

)

 

 

 

 

Transfers in and/or out of level 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of 12/31/08

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 December 31, 2008 was as follows:

 

CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

Number of

 

Amount of

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Premiums

 

Options outstanding as of March 31, 2008

 

 

$

 

Positions opened

 

1,663

 

1,058,506

 

Options expired

 

 

 

Options closed

 

(1,133

)

(817,800

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, December 31, 2008

 

530

 

$

240,706

 

Market Value, December 31, 2008

 

 

 

$

(5,675

)

 

PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

Number of

 

Amount of

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Premiums

 

Options outstanding as of March 31, 2008

 

7,490

 

$

3,332,650

 

Positions opened

 

7,650

 

10,659,035

 

Options exercised

 

(6,550

)

(3,405,861

)

Options expired

 

(6,990

)

(2,982,203

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, December 31, 2008

 

1,600

 

$

7,603,621

 

Market Value, December 31, 2008

 

 

 

$

(834,000

)

 

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.

 

2.  Recent Accounting Pronouncements: In March 2008 the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS No. 161”), which is intended to improve financial reporting about derivative instruments and hedging activities. It is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. The Fund is currently evaluating the potential impact, if any, the adoption of SFAS No. 161 will have on the Fund’s financial statements.

 



 

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.

 



 

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:

March 2, 2009

 

 

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:

March 2, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeremy O. May

 

 

Jeremy O. May

 

 

Treasurer (principal financial
officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

March 2, 2009