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)

 

1625 Broadway, Suite 2200, Denver, Colorado 80202

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Erin Douglas

Clough Global Allocation Fund

1625 Broadway, Suite 2200

Denver, Colorado 80202

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 623-2577

 

Date of fiscal year end: May 31

 

Date of reporting period: August 31

 

 



 

Item 1 — Schedule of Investments.

 

CLOUGH GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

August 31, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS

 

38.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan Markets

 

5.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACOM Co., Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

10,400

 

$

686,384

 

Aiful Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

7,000

 

701,634

 

Airport Facilities Co., Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

59,000

 

302,439

 

Bank of Yokohama, Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

160,000

 

951,989

 

Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

178,000

 

1,156,849

 

Kokuyo Co., Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

56,000

 

641,787

 

Lion Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

116,000

 

683,821

 

Nikko Cordial Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

148,000

 

665,184

 

Nippon Broadcasting System

 

 

 

 

 

13,500

 

633,942

 

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha

 

 

 

 

 

146,000

 

757,765

 

Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

93,000

 

659,755

 

Toho Co., Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

46,000

 

661,083

 

Wacoal Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

67,000

 

661,751

 

York-Benimaru Co., Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

26,000

 

650,922

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL JAPAN MARKETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,815,305

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy

 

10.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apache Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

 

893,800

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

80,000

 

1,130,400

 

CONSOL Energy Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

 

641,600

 

Cooper Cameron Corp.*

 

 

 

 

 

30,000

 

1,527,900

 

Devon Energy Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

12,000

 

777,720

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

25,000

 

635,500

 

ENSCO International Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

50,000

 

1,458,000

 

FMC Technologies, Inc.*

 

 

 

 

 

50,000

 

1,536,000

 

Globalsantefe Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

30,000

 

836,400

 

Halliburton Co.

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

 

583,400

 

Massey Energy Co.

 

 

 

 

 

25,000

 

688,000

 

National-Oilwell, Inc.*

 

 

 

 

 

52,000

 

1,554,800

 

Noble Corp.*

 

 

 

 

 

37,000

 

1,488,140

 

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

40,000

 

692,800

 

Precision Drilling Corp.*

 

 

 

 

 

16,000

 

790,400

 

Rowan Companies, Inc.*

 

 

 

 

 

55,000

 

1,337,600

 

Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.- ADR

 

 

 

 

 

10,000

 

506,900

 

Schlumberger, Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

14,000

 

865,200

 

Tidewater Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

10,000

 

291,800

 

Transocean Inc.*

 

 

 

 

 

48,000

 

1,473,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,709,960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance

 

7.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Astoria Financial Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

 

726,800

 

Bank Mutual Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

17,000

 

193,970

 

BankUnited Financial Corp.- Class A*

 

 

 

 

 

14,400

 

407,232

 

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

65,500

 

991,670

 

Citigroup, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

 

931,600

 

 

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Cohen & Steers, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

117,000

 

1,743,300

 

Fidelity Bankshares, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

30,000

 

1,083,300

 

First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

40,000

 

503,600

 

Independent Bank Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

25,000

 

748,500

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

39,000

 

1,991,730

 

NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

68,000

 

931,600

 

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

 

427,000

 

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

30,000

 

535,800

 

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

86,000

 

1,879,960

 

Webster Financial Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

22,000

 

1,082,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,178,462

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healthcare

 

0.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sepracor Inc.*

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

 

992,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTHCARE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

992,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing

 

2.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

D.R. Horton, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

 

618,800

 

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.- Class A*

 

 

 

 

 

15,176

 

522,358

 

KB Home

 

 

 

 

 

13,000

 

894,010

 

Lennar Corp.- Class A

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

 

916,000

 

Toll Brothers, Inc.*

 

 

 

 

 

14,000

 

621,460

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL HOUSING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,572,628

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial

 

2.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Electric Co.

 

 

 

 

 

26,000

 

852,540

 

GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. - ADR*

 

 

 

 

 

30,000

 

523,800

 

Methanex Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

35,000

 

473,200

 

Smurfit - Stone Container Corp.*

 

 

 

 

 

45,000

 

798,300

 

Trinity Industries, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

35,000

 

971,250

 

Willbros Group, Inc.*

 

 

 

 

 

10,000

 

140,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,759,090

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

0.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

20,800

 

718,224

 

XL Capital, Ltd.- Class A

 

 

 

 

 

12,200

 

856,440

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INSURANCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,574,664

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media

 

0.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marvel Enterprises, Inc.*

 

 

 

 

 

35,000

 

513,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL MEDIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

513,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metals

 

1.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

15,400

 

579,502

 

Newmont Mining Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

5,000

 

221,950

 

POSCO - ADR

 

 

 

 

 

5,000

 

180,900

 

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. - Class A

 

 

 

 

 

37,100

 

1,042,510

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL METALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,024,862

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail

 

0.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albertson’s, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

18,500

 

454,730

 

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

15,000

 

361,800

 

TOTAL RETAIL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

816,530

 

 

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Technology

 

2.6

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

60,000

 

1,638,000

 

Nextel Communications, Inc. - Class A*

 

 

 

 

 

79,700

 

1,848,243

 

Radvision, Ltd.*

 

 

 

 

 

48,900

 

485,088

 

Sanmina - SCI Corp.*

 

 

 

 

 

96,000

 

664,320

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,635,651

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation

 

1.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Maritime Corp.*

 

 

 

 

 

16,000

 

436,480

 

Golar LNG, Ltd.*

 

 

 

 

 

28,200

 

393,954

 

OMI Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

32,000

 

407,040

 

Teekay Shipping Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

12,000

 

420,600

 

Tsakos Energy Navigation, Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

14,000

 

380,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL TRANSPORTATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,038,874

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities

 

3.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominion Resources, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8,000

 

519,120

 

DTE Energy Co.

 

 

 

 

 

13,000

 

537,160

 

Duke Energy Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

23,000

 

509,220

 

Entergy Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

39,000

 

2,351,700

 

Exelon Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

14,000

 

515,900

 

FPL Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7,000

 

484,400

 

Southern Co.

 

 

 

 

 

17,000

 

515,950

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

70,000

 

832,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,265,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $69,241,033)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

69,897,426

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS

 

2.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

iShares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MSCI Brazil

 

 

 

 

 

99,000

 

1,684,980

 

MSCI Hong Kong

 

 

 

 

 

50,000

 

547,000

 

MSCI Malaysia

 

 

 

 

 

133,300

 

859,785

 

MSCI Pacific

 

 

 

 

 

8,000

 

606,320

 

MSCI Taiwan

 

 

 

 

 

52,000

 

553,280

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost $4,031,375)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,251,365

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUNDS

 

11.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

J.P. Morgan Prime Money Market Fund

 

 

 

 

 

20,729,498

 

20,729,498

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $20,729,498)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,729,498

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due Date

 

 

 

Coupon

 

Principal
Amount

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS

 

50.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association

 

41.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/27/04 DN

 

 

 

1.578

%

$

25,000,000

 

24,938,633

 

10/27/04 DN

 

 

 

1.578

%

50,000,000

 

49,877,267

 

 

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TOTAL FEDERAL NAT’L MORTAGE ASSOC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74,815,900

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bill

 

9.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/04/04

 

 

 

1.430

%

17,000,000

 

16,955,902

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $91,772,682)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

91,771,802

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $185,774,588)

 

 

 

103.6

%

 

 

186,650,091

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

 

 

-3.6

%

 

 

(6,487,269

)

NET ASSETS

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

$

180,162,822

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Non-income producing security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DN - Discount Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income Tax Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of August 31, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross appreciation (excess of  value over tax cost)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,934,561

 

Gross depreciation (excess of  tax cost over value)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,059,058

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

875,503

 

Cost of investments for income tax purposes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

185,774,588

 

 

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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 ALLOCATION FUND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Edmund J. Burke

 

 

 

 

 

Edmund J. Burke

 

 

 

 

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

October 28, 2004

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

October 28, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Jeremy O. May

 

 

 

 

 

Jeremy O. May

 

 

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

October 28, 2004

 

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