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:

February 28, 2006

 

 



 

Item 1 – Schedule of Investments.

 

CLOUGH GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS

February 28, 2006 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

SHARES

 

VALUE

 

COMMON STOCKS

 

99.04

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer/Retail

 

8.31

%

 

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality

 

 

 

48,000

 

$

599,520

 

B & G Foods Inc.

 

 

 

67,000

 

1,004,330

 

Bridgestone Corp.

 

 

 

109,000

 

2,146,948

 

Carmax Inc. *

 

 

 

12,900

 

405,318

 

Coinmach Service Class A

 

 

 

50,000

 

469,000

 

Daimaru Inc./The

 

 

 

101,000

 

1,375,111

 

Deere & Co.

 

 

 

10,400

 

793,208

 

Fast Retailing Co.

 

 

 

16,000

 

1,404,345

 

Komeri Co. Ltd.

 

 

 

52,100

 

1,944,383

 

Matsumotokiyoshi Co.

 

 

 

21,900

 

609,200

 

Mitsukoshi Ltd.

 

 

 

195,000

 

1,120,254

 

Nikon Corp.

 

 

 

86,000

 

1,482,182

 

Sapporo Holdings Ltd.

 

 

 

117,000

 

611,507

 

Toppan Forms Co. Ltd.

 

 

 

41,300

 

637,937

 

Trustreet Properties Inc.

 

 

 

88,600

 

1,284,700

 

Uni-Charm Corp.

 

 

 

49,500

 

2,475,962

 

Wacoal Holdings Corp.

 

 

 

35,900

 

495,910

 

Yamada Denki Co. Ltd.

 

 

 

3,500

 

379,768

 

York-Benimaru Co. Ltd.

 

 

 

33,000

 

1,100,428

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,340,011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENERGY

 

22.47

%

 

 

 

 

Coal

 

4.22

%

 

 

 

 

ALPHA Natural Resources Inc. *

 

 

 

62,400

 

1,333,488

 

Arch Coal Inc.

 

 

 

8,000

 

584,880

 

CONSOL Energy Inc.

 

 

 

6,000

 

384,120

 

Fording Canadian Coal Trust

 

 

 

63,500

 

2,591,435

 

KFx Inc. *

 

 

 

50,700

 

1,058,616

 

Massey Energy Co.

 

 

 

23,200

 

863,040

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

 

 

 

32,000

 

1,544,640

 

Walter Industries

 

 

 

30,000

 

1,974,900

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,335,119

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exploration & Production

 

7.96

%

 

 

 

 

Amerada Hess Corp.

 

 

 

16,100

 

2,226,791

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

 

 

 

25,000

 

2,479,000

 

Canadian Natural Resources

 

 

 

34,800

 

1,898,688

 

Cheniere Energy Inc. *

 

 

 

18,000

 

713,700

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

 

 

 

40,300

 

1,196,507

 

Chevron Corp.

 

 

 

5,000

 

282,400

 

Encana Corp.

 

 

 

34,100

 

1,408,671

 

EOG Resources Inc.

 

 

 

7,000

 

471,800

 

Gazprom ADR

 

 

 

16,600

 

1,404,360

 

Kerr-McGee Corp.

 

 

 

24,000

 

2,344,800

 

McMoran Exploration *

 

 

 

10,000

 

176,900

 

Nexen Inc.

 

 

 

18,000

 

938,880

 

Petro-Canada

 

 

 

21,300

 

974,688

 

Petrohawk Energy *

 

 

 

18,000

 

227,340

 

Plains Exploration & Production Co. *

 

 

 

25,000

 

1,018,750

 

Southwestern Energy Co. *

 

 

 

40,000

 

1,283,600

 

Suncor Energy Inc.

 

 

 

6,000

 

448,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,495,375

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil Services & Drillers

 

9.43

%

 

 

 

 

Addax Petro. Corp. 144A *

 

 

 

14,700

 

297,505

 

Atwood Oceanics Inc. *

 

 

 

12,500

 

1,127,250

 

BJ Services Co.

 

 

 

50,100

 

1,568,631

 

Cal Dive International Inc.*

 

 

 

33,000

 

1,161,930

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling

 

 

 

32,000

 

2,476,480

 

ENSCO International Inc.

 

 

 

25,600

 

1,144,064

 

 

2



 

Global Santa Fe Corp.

 

 

 

15,500

 

857,770

 

Grant Prideco Inc. *

 

 

 

52,100

 

2,108,487

 

Halliburton Co.

 

 

 

25,900

 

1,761,200

 

Hercules Offshore *

 

 

 

5,480

 

166,592

 

Hornbeck Offshore *

 

 

 

10,000

 

321,600

 

National - Oilwell Varco Inc. *

 

 

 

27,570

 

1,678,462

 

Noble Corp.

 

 

 

22,500

 

1,662,975

 

Oil States International Inc. *

 

 

 

28,300

 

977,199

 

Rowan Companies Inc.

 

 

 

12,000

 

483,000

 

Tidewater Inc.

 

 

 

16,000

 

836,000

 

Transocean Inc. *

 

 

 

32,100

 

2,381,178

 

Veritas DGC Inc. *

 

 

 

10,000

 

421,300

 

Weatherford International *

 

 

 

38,300

 

1,651,496

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,083,119

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refiners

 

0.86

%

 

 

 

 

Frontier Oil Corp.

 

 

 

20,000

 

925,000

 

Valero Energy Corp.

 

 

 

22,000

 

1,183,380

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,108,380

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,021,993

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCE

 

18.26

%

 

 

 

 

Bank

 

5.76

%

 

 

 

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya - Spon ADR

 

 

 

35,300

 

716,943

 

Banco Bradesco S.A.

 

 

 

8,600

 

356,556

 

Bank of Ireland

 

 

 

8,100

 

144,260

 

Barclays PLC - Spon ADR

 

 

 

13,500

 

632,745

 

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

 

40,000

 

600,400

 

Fidelity Bankshares, Inc.

 

 

 

25,470

 

813,257

 

ICICI Bank LTD-Spon ADR

 

 

 

30,900

 

948,939

 

Mellon Financial

 

 

 

3,000

 

108,270

 

The Bank of Yokohama Ltd.

 

 

 

659,000

 

5,397,020

 

The Joyo Bank Ltd.

 

 

 

351,000

 

2,271,168

 

The Shizuoka Bank Ltd.

 

 

 

213,000

 

2,106,907

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,096,465

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Bank

 

12.50

%

 

 

 

 

Apollo Investment Corp.

 

 

 

213,289

 

4,007,700

 

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

 

 

 

33,400

 

750,498

 

Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

 

 

 

569,000

 

6,881,776

 

Fannie Mae

 

 

 

21,800

 

1,192,024

 

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial

 

 

 

208

 

3,144,573

 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.

 

 

 

84,000

 

1,251,600

 

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

 

 

 

364

 

2,943,320

 

Nikko Cordial Corp.

 

 

 

345,000

 

5,549,566

 

Nomura Holdings Inc.

 

 

 

80,000

 

1,551,553

 

Nomura Holdings Inc. - ADR

 

 

 

135,800

 

2,619,582

 

Thomas Weisel Group *

 

 

 

2,400

 

51,288

 

Waddell and Reed Financial

 

 

 

28,500

 

663,765

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,607,245

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44,703,710

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healthcare

 

2.06

%

 

 

 

 

Biosphere Medical Inc. *

 

 

 

182,703

 

1,388,543

 

Biosphere Medical Inc. 144A *

 

 

 

50,000

 

380,000

 

Sepracor Inc. *

 

 

 

53,700

 

3,077,547

 

Sugi Pharmacy Co.

 

 

 

8,800

 

207,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,053,632

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial

 

10.82

%

 

 

 

 

Airport Facilities Co., Ltd.

 

 

 

59,000

 

389,918

 

American Science & Engineering Inc. *

 

 

 

43,000

 

3,271,870

 

Bunge Ltd.

 

 

 

32,200

 

1,825,418

 

Chicago Bridge & Iron

 

 

 

12,500

 

305,875

 

Dresser-Rand Group Inc. *

 

 

 

31,971

 

808,547

 

Empresa Brasileira DE AE-ADR

 

 

 

33,600

 

1,335,600

 

Fluor Corp.

 

 

 

7,000

 

604,100

 

Foster Wheeler Ltd. *

 

 

 

26,900

 

1,291,200

 

Hexcel Corp. *

 

 

 

100,800

 

2,169,216

 

Insituform Technologies - Class A *

 

 

 

75,000

 

2,018,250

 

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. *

 

 

 

9,000

 

771,660

 

Kokuyo Co., Ltd.

 

 

 

114,500

 

1,718,168

 

Magal Security Systems Ltd. *

 

 

 

66,443

 

829,209

 

Methanex Corp.

 

 

 

180,200

 

3,582,376

 

Nisshinbo Industries Inc.

 

 

 

137,000

 

1,447,462

 

Noritz Corp.

 

 

 

41,200

 

783,033

 

Sasol Ltd. - ADR

 

 

 

52,500

 

1,806,000

 

Washington Group Intl. Inc.

 

 

 

10,000

 

583,700

 

Willbros Group Inc. *

 

 

 

49,500

 

940,005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,481,607

 

 

3



 

Insurance

 

7.73

%

 

 

 

 

Allstate Corp.

 

 

 

25,000

 

1,369,500

 

American International Group

 

 

 

24,000

 

1,592,640

 

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

 

 

 

15,600

 

460,044

 

Aspen Insurance Hldg.

 

 

 

8,200

 

190,322

 

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

 

 

 

20,000

 

619,200

 

Bristol West Holdings Inc.

 

 

 

116,900

 

2,167,326

 

CNA Financial Corp. *

 

 

 

26,500

 

819,380

 

Everest Re Group Ltd.

 

 

 

6,000

 

594,240

 

Hanover Insurance Group

 

 

 

10,000

 

484,500

 

IPC Holdings Ltd.

 

 

 

21,700

 

570,059

 

Marsh and McLennan Cos.

 

 

 

117,100

 

3,619,561

 

Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.

 

 

 

5,000

 

86,200

 

PartnerRe Ltd.

 

 

 

51,800

 

3,139,598

 

Platinum Underwriters Holdings

 

 

 

37,500

 

1,148,250

 

St. Paul Travelers Cos. Inc.

 

 

 

14,400

 

618,912

 

Willis Group Holdings Ltd.

 

 

 

15,000

 

516,600

 

XL Capital Ltd. - Class A

 

 

 

13,700

 

925,435

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,921,767

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media

 

0.36

%

 

 

 

 

Toho Co., Ltd.

 

 

 

46,000

 

868,299

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metals & Mining

 

7.14

%

 

 

 

 

BHP Billiton LTD - Spon ADR

 

 

 

29,600

 

1,068,264

 

Cia Vale Do Rio Doce - ADR

 

 

 

23,000

 

1,067,890

 

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

 

 

 

13,500

 

1,161,675

 

First Quantum Minerals

 

 

 

4,800

 

152,855

 

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. *

 

 

 

208,900

 

1,671,200

 

North American Palladium Ltd. *

 

 

 

49,800

 

506,964

 

Newmont Mining Corp.

 

 

 

24,400

 

1,291,248

 

Olin Corp.

 

 

 

109,800

 

2,306,898

 

Oregon Steel Mills Inc. *

 

 

 

75,800

 

2,871,304

 

Pan American Silver Corp. *

 

 

 

51,400

 

1,138,510

 

Rio Tinto PLC - Spon ADR

 

 

 

11,500

 

2,169,360

 

Sherritt International Corp.

 

 

 

233,000

 

2,085,098

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,491,266

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate

 

0.48

%

 

 

 

 

Goldcrest Co. Ltd.

 

 

 

13,000

 

1,023,109

 

TOC Co. Ltd.

 

 

 

26,650

 

160,469

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,183,578

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology & Communications

 

9.33

%

 

 

 

 

Avnet Inc. *

 

 

 

30,400

 

763,952

 

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. *

 

 

 

48,000

 

475,164

 

Cisco Systems Inc. *

 

 

 

94,500

 

1,912,680

 

Micron Technology *

 

 

 

68,000

 

1,054,680

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

 

 

61,700

 

1,659,730

 

Mobile Telesystems

 

 

 

10,900

 

393,163

 

News Corp - Class B

 

 

 

184,500

 

3,164,175

 

NTT Docomo Inc-Spon ADR

 

 

 

9,100

 

134,953

 

Oracle Corp. *

 

 

 

341,600

 

4,242,672

 

Pasona Inc.

 

 

 

668

 

1,367,682

 

Photon Dynamics Inc. *

 

 

 

30,000

 

635,700

 

Radvision Ltd. *

 

 

 

152,445

 

3,056,522

 

Research In Motion *

 

 

 

34,700

 

2,447,391

 

Semitool Inc. *

 

 

 

95,000

 

1,199,850

 

Verint Systems Inc. *

 

 

 

9,300

 

336,939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,845,253

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation

 

4.42

%

 

 

 

 

American Commercial Lines *

 

 

 

13,000

 

494,000

 

Central Japan Railway Co.

 

 

 

31

 

305,300

 

East Japan Railway Co.

 

 

 

190

 

1,359,077

 

Jetblue Airways Corp. *

 

 

 

83,500

 

951,900

 

Kirby Corp. *

 

 

 

7,700

 

472,010

 

Lan Airlines SA-Spon ADR

 

 

 

11,000

 

449,350

 

Nippon Express Co., Ltd.

 

 

 

270,000

 

1,448,490

 

Tokyu Corporation

 

 

 

336,000

 

2,121,861

 

US Airways Group Inc. *

 

 

 

97,081

 

3,212,410

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,814,398

 

 

4



 

Utilities

 

7.66

%

 

 

 

 

Aquila Inc. *

 

 

 

50,000

 

195,000

 

British Energy Group *

 

 

 

136,200

 

1,474,073

 

Dominion Resources Inc.

 

 

 

4,700

 

352,970

 

Dynegy Inc. *

 

 

 

168,500

 

911,585

 

EL Paso Corp.

 

 

 

118,000

 

1,543,440

 

Exelon Corp.

 

 

 

32,000

 

1,827,520

 

FPL Group, Inc.

 

 

 

20,000

 

838,600

 

McDermott International *

 

 

 

26,000

 

1,340,300

 

NRG Energy Inc. *

 

 

 

15,000

 

648,750

 

PPL Corp.

 

 

 

34,000

 

1,081,200

 

Primary Energy Recycling-EIS

 

 

 

116,600

 

957,260

 

Public Service Enterprise Group

 

 

 

39,200

 

2,720,088

 

Reliant Energy Inc. *

 

 

 

41,400

 

420,624

 

Southern Co.

 

 

 

27,000

 

918,810

 

Southern Union Co. *

 

 

 

47,250

 

1,163,295

 

Williams Companies Inc.

 

 

 

109,000

 

2,351,130

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,744,645

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $162,425,014)

 

 

 

 

 

242,470,159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS

 

8.73

%

 

 

 

 

iShares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FTSE/Xinhua China 25

 

 

 

72,400

 

5,245,380

 

MSCI Brazil

 

 

 

32,500

 

1,339,975

 

MSCI Canada

 

 

 

56,000

 

1,307,040

 

MSCI Emerging Markets

 

 

 

21,800

 

2,112,420

 

MSCI Germany

 

 

 

97,900

 

2,158,695

 

MSCI Hong Kong

 

 

 

282,800

 

3,755,584

 

MSCI Malaysia

 

 

 

323,400

 

2,373,756

 

MSCI Pacific

 

 

 

20,000

 

2,074,000

 

MSCI South Korea

 

 

 

17,000

 

790,500

 

MSCI Taiwan

 

 

 

17,600

 

222,464

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost $19,392,337)

 

 

 

 

 

21,379,814

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCK

 

0.53

%

 

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust*

 

 

 

50,000

 

1,300,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $1,250,000)

 

 

 

 

 

1,300,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUTUAL FUNDS

 

5.21

%

 

 

 

 

J.P. Morgan Prime Money Market Fund

 

 

 

12,748,959

 

12,748,959

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $12,748,959)

 

 

 

 

 

12,748,959

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOSED-END FUNDS

 

0.44

%

 

 

 

 

The Ottoman Fund Ltd *

 

 

 

515,340

 

1,066,676

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

1,066,676

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL

 

 

 

DUE DATE

 

COUPON

 

AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES

8.80%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/22/2006

 

16.50

%

1,500,000

 

1,639,940

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/24/2007

 

17.00

%

3,000,000

 

3,321,967

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/26/2007

 

17.05

%

5,000,000

 

5,525,550

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/28/2007

 

16.90

%

5,000,000

 

5,544,154

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/28/2006

 

16.50

%

2,500,000

 

2,744,422

 

J Ray Mcdermott SA *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/15/2013

 

11.50

%

2,325,000

 

2,778,375

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES
(Cost $19,729,320)

 

 

 

 

 

21,554,408

 

 

5



 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS

2.09%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK Treasury

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/07/2015

 

4.75

%

2,800,000

 

5,126,924

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $5,342,957)

 

 

 

 

 

5,126,924

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS

14.57%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States T-Bond, 08/15/2022

 

7.25

%

15,500,000

 

19,977,454

 

United States T-Bond, 02/15/2025

 

7.63

%

11,500,000

 

15,694,809

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $35,157,464)

 

 

 

 

 

35,672,263

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUT OPTIONS PURCHASED

0.13%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAME

 

EXERCISE
PRICE

 

NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS

 

VALUE

 

iShares Russell 2000

 

$

65

 

1,000

 

50,000

 

Oil Service HOLDRS

 

120

 

1,500

 

255,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PUT OPTIONS PURCHASED
(Cost $1,952,750)

 

 

 

 

 

305,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $301,803,602)

 

139.54

%

 

 

$

341,624,703

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Liabilities

 

-0.60

%

 

 

(1,479,420

)

Liquidation Preference of Auction Market Preferred Shares, Series W28 (including dividends payable on preferred shares)

 

-38.94

%

 

 

(95,321,198

)

NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHARES

 

100.00

%

 

 

$

244,824,085

 

 


*Non-income producing security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income Tax Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

As of February 28, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)

 

 

 

42,610,358

 

 

 

Gross depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)

 

 

 

(4,218,388

)

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

 

 

38,391,970

 

 

 

Cost of investments for income tax purposes

 

 

 

303,232,733

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Quarterly Statement of Investments

 

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SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT

 

NAME

 

SHARES

 

VALUE

 

Amazon.com Corp. *

 

(46,400

)

(1,739,536

)

Comerica Inc.

 

(10,000

)

(573,200

)

Countrywide Financial

 

(131,000

)

(4,516,880

)

Dillards Inc. - Class A

 

(104,000

)

(2,565,680

)

Energy Select Sector

 

(100,000

)

(5,225,000

)

Factset Research Systems Inc.

 

(36,400

)

(1,425,060

)

Ford Motor Co.

 

(111,700

)

(890,249

)

Frontline Limited

 

(300

)

(11,556

)

General Motors Corp.

 

(25,500

)

(517,905

)

Harley-Davidson Inc.

 

(24,200

)

(1,270,742

)

IndyMac Bancorp Inc.

 

(5,000

)

(194,100

)

iShares MSCI Japan

 

(426,500

)

(5,885,700

)

Jefferies Group Inc.

 

(32,800

)

(1,870,912

)

LandAmerica Financial

 

(57,300

)

(3,821,910

)

Lear Corp.

 

(25,000

)

(521,500

)

Polaris Industries Inc.

 

(76,900

)

(3,848,845

)

Posco-ADR

 

(39,600

)

(2,314,224

)

Sony Corp.

 

(35,600

)

(1,668,928

)

TRW Automotive Holdings *

 

(19,600

)

(501,760

)

Tellabs Inc. *

 

(114,000

)

(1,674,660

)

Toro Co.

 

(55,200

)

(2,546,376

)

Winnebago Industries

 

(18,300

)

(587,796

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
(Proceeds $42,908,366)

 

 

 

(44,172,519

)

 

See Notes to Quarterly Statement of Investments

 

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Notes to Quarterly Statement of Investments

 

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. 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.

 

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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.

 

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.

 

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Written option activity as of February 28, 2006 was as follows:

 

PUT OPTIONS

 

 

 

Principal/

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

 

Amount of

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options outstanding as of November 30, 2005

 

10,200

 

$

918,761

 

Positions opened

 

 

 

Options expired

 

(10,200

)

(918,761

)

Options split

 

 

 

Options outstanding as of February 28, 2006

 

 

 

 

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 ALLOCATION FUND

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edmund J. Burke

 

 

 

Edmund J. Burke

 

 

President (principal executive
officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

April 28, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

April 28, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeremy O. May

 

 

 

Jeremy O. May

 

 

Treasurer (principal financial
officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

April 28, 2006

 

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