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:

March 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

June 30, 2006

 

 




Item 1 – Schedule of Investments.

CLOUGH GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND

QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2006    (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS  102.41%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer/Retail  5.86%

 

 

 

 

 

B & G Foods, Inc.

 

67,000

 

$

1,086,070

 

Bridgestone Corp. (a)

 

51,000

 

982,655

 

Coinmach Service Class A

 

50,000

 

512,500

 

Daimaru, Inc.

 

95,900

 

1,270,398

 

Fast Retailing Company, Ltd. (a)

 

15,200

 

1,241,873

 

Komeri Company, Ltd.

 

49,500

 

1,565,799

 

Matsumotokiyoshi Co.

 

20,900

 

531,449

 

Mitsukoshi, Ltd.

 

90,000

 

411,307

 

Nikon Corp.

 

86,000

 

1,501,468

 

Sapporo Holdings, Ltd.

 

111,000

 

561,596

 

Sugi Pharmacy Co.

 

8,300

 

164,636

 

Toppan Forms Company, Ltd.

 

38,300

 

487,619

 

Uni-Charm Corp.

 

47,000

 

2,595,596

 

Wacoal Holdings Corp.

 

33,900

 

475,145

 

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

 

3,300

 

336,517

 

 

 

 

 

13,724,628

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy 21.86%

 

 

 

 

 

Coal  0.50%

 

 

 

 

 

KFx, Inc. (a)

 

33,700

 

514,936

 

Massey Energy Company

 

18,100

 

651,600

 

 

 

 

 

1,166,536

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exploration & Production  9.39%

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

 

5,000

 

238,450

 

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd.

 

26,600

 

1,473,108

 

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)

 

15,000

 

469,650

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp. *

 

46,800

 

1,415,700

 

Chevron Corp.

 

24,800

 

1,539,088

 

ConocoPhillips *

 

68,600

 

4,495,358

 

Encana Corp.

 

22,000

 

1,158,080

 

Hess Corp.

 

25,800

 

1,363,530

 

Newfield Exploration Co. (a)

 

34,300

 

1,678,642

 

Nexen, Inc.

 

9,000

 

508,860

 

OAO Gazprom - Spon ADR

 

54,000

 

2,270,700

 

Petrohawk Energy (a)(b)

 

18,000

 

226,800

 

Petroleo Brasileiro - Spon ADR

 

18,100

 

1,616,511

 

Range Resources Corp.

 

6,000

 

163,140

 

Southwestern Energy (a)

 

10,000

 

311,600

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

 

32,000

 

2,592,320

 

Talisman Energy, Inc.

 

28,000

 

488,614

 

 

 

 

 

22,010,151

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil Services and Drillers  11.63%

 

 

 

 

 

Addax Petro Cor 144A (a)(c)

 

12,200

 

326,230

 

Addax Petroleum Corp. (a)

 

4,300

 

114,983

 

Baker Hughes, Inc.

 

22,000

 

1,800,700

 

BJ Services Company

 

16,900

 

629,694

 

Cooper Cameron Corp. (a)

 

47,200

 

2,254,744

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. *

 

47,200

 

3,961,496

 

 

2




 

ENSCO International, Inc.

 

24,200

 

1,113,684

 

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

7,000

 

472,220

 

Global SantaFe Corp.

 

32,200

 

1,859,550

 

Grant Prideco, Inc. (a)

 

23,600

 

1,056,100

 

Halliburton Company

 

37,300

 

2,768,033

 

Helix Energy Solutions (a)

 

38,800

 

1,565,968

 

Hydril (a)

 

15,000

 

1,177,800

 

Noble Corp.

 

31,500

 

2,344,230

 

Oil States International, Inc. (a)

 

22,300

 

764,444

 

Rowan Companies, Inc.

 

31,331

 

1,115,070

 

Transocean, Inc. (a)

 

27,500

 

2,208,800

 

Veritas DGC, Inc. (a)

 

15,000

 

773,700

 

Weatherford International, Ltd. (a)

 

19,300

 

957,666

 

 

 

 

 

27,265,112

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refiners  0.34%

 

 

 

 

 

Valero Energy Corp.

 

12,100

 

804,892

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

51,246,691

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 21.64%

 

 

 

 

 

Banks  16.41%

 

 

 

 

 

Banco Itau Holding Financeira - Spon ADR

 

14,900

 

434,484

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya - Spon ADR

 

35,300

 

727,180

 

Banco Bradesco - Spon ADR

 

30,000

 

932,700

 

Bank of Ireland

 

8,100

 

144,526

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

 

67,000

 

2,157,400

 

Bank of Yokohama, Ltd.

 

626,000

 

4,841,052

 

Barclays Plc - Spon ADR

 

21,700

 

993,426

 

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

 

40,000

 

550,800

 

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

 

541,000

 

6,448,130

 

Fidelity Bankshares, Inc.

 

25,470

 

810,455

 

HSBC Holdings Plc - Spon ADR

 

18,100

 

1,599,135

 

Joyo Bank, Ltd.

 

333,000

 

2,019,416

 

Mellon Financial Corp.

 

46,900

 

1,614,767

 

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

 

346

 

2,929,693

 

Nikko Cordial Corp.

 

328,000

 

4,196,015

 

Nomura Holdings, Inc. - ADR

 

129,000

 

2,425,200

 

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

 

76,000

 

1,424,502

 

Shizuoka Bank, Ltd.

 

202,000

 

2,181,685

 

Siam Commercial Bank

 

1,350,000

 

2,036,333

 

 

 

 

 

38,466,899

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Bank  5.23%

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo Investment Corp.

 

414,089

 

7,652,365

 

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial - ADR

 

198

 

2,768,263

 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

 

105,800

 

1,475,910

 

Thomas Weisel Group (a)

 

19,100

 

363,091

 

 

 

 

 

12,259,629

 

TOTAL FINANCE

 

 

 

50,726,528

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healthcare  2.00%

 

 

 

 

 

BioSphere Medical (a) (b)

 

50,000

 

317,500

 

Biosphere Medical, Inc. (a)

 

182,703

 

1,160,164

 

Elan Corp Plc - Spon ADR (a)

 

9,000

 

150,300

 

Sepracor, Inc. (a)

 

53,700

 

3,068,418

 

 

 

 

 

4,696,382

 

 

3




 

Industrial  9.79%

 

 

 

 

 

Airport Facilities Co., Ltd.

 

59,000

 

401,101

 

American Science & Engineering, Inc. (a) *

 

43,000

 

2,490,560

 

Dresser-Rand Group, Inc. (a)

 

42,971

 

1,008,959

 

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica -Spon ADR

 

53,600

 

1,954,792

 

Foster Wheeler, Ltd. (a)

 

10,500

 

453,600

 

General Electric Co.

 

55,800

 

1,839,168

 

Hexcel Corp. (a)

 

80,800

 

1,269,368

 

Infrasource Services, Inc. (a)

 

12,000

 

218,520

 

Insituform Technologies - Class A (a)

 

30,100

 

688,989

 

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)

 

9,000

 

716,760

 

Kokuyo Company, Ltd.

 

108,500

 

1,814,654

 

Magal Security Systems, Ltd. (a)

 

76,443

 

726,973

 

McDermott International, Inc. (a)

 

16,400

 

745,708

 

Mueller Water Products, Inc. - Class A (a)

 

100

 

1,741

 

 

4




 

Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.

 

130,000

 

1,422,230

 

Noritz Corp.

 

39,200

 

710,765

 

Olin Corp.

 

103,100

 

1,848,583

 

Pasona, Inc.

 

635

 

1,215,178

 

Primary Energy Recycling Corp. (a) (c)

 

116,600

 

1,044,522

 

Sasol Ltd - Spon ADR

 

40,340

 

1,558,738

 

Washington Group International, Inc.

 

10,000

 

533,400

 

Willbros Group, Inc. (a)

 

15,500

 

293,570

 

 

 

 

 

22,957,879

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance  8.42%

 

 

 

 

 

ACE, Ltd.

 

21,400

 

1,082,626

 

Allstate Corp / The

 

12,500

 

684,125

 

American International Group

 

36,000

 

2,125,800

 

Arch Capital Group, Ltd. (a)

 

10,000

 

594,600

 

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

 

15,600

 

395,304

 

Aspen Insurance Holdings

 

8,200

 

190,978

 

Axis Capital Holdings

 

20,000

 

572,200

 

Everest Re Group, Ltd.

 

30,400

 

2,631,728

 

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

 

3,500

 

166,110

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

 

33,900

 

911,571

 

PartnerRe, Ltd. *

 

95,500

 

6,116,775

 

Platinum Underwriters Holdings

 

53,600

 

1,499,728

 

RAM Holdings, Ltd. (a)

 

24,100

 

302,937

 

St. Paul Travelers Cos., Inc.

 

44,400

 

1,979,352

 

Willis Group Holdings, Ltd.

 

15,000

 

481,500

 

 

 

 

 

19,735,334

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media  0.37%

 

 

 

 

 

Toho Co., Ltd.

 

44,000

 

878,539

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metals & Mining  2.71%

 

 

 

 

 

BHP Billiton, Ltd. - Spon ADR

 

18,300

 

788,181

 

Cia Vale do Rio Doce - ADR

 

29,200

 

701,968

 

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. (a)

 

273,600

 

1,316,016

 

North American Palladium, Ltd. (a)

 

29,700

 

258,390

 

Pan American Silver Corp. (a)

 

53,500

 

962,465

 

Rio Tinto Plc - Spon ADR

 

2,700

 

566,217

 

Sherritt International Corp.

 

174,900

 

1,750,097

 

 

 

 

 

6,343,334

 

Real Estate  1.73%

 

 

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality (a)

 

48,000

 

605,760

 

Goldcrest Company, Ltd.

 

24,700

 

1,210,826

 

TOC Co., Ltd.

 

25,650

 

135,826

 

Trinity Capital Plc (a)(b)

 

564,168

 

927,987

 

Trustreet Properties, Inc.

 

88,600

 

1,168,634

 

 

 

 

 

4,049,033

 

REIT - 0.06%

 

 

 

 

 

Champion REIT (a)

 

270,600

 

134,145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology & Communications  14.43%

 

 

 

 

 

Avnet, Inc. (a)

 

52,800

 

1,057,056

 

Canadian Satellite (a) c)

 

32,000

 

274,048

 

Canadian Satellite  (a)

 

16,000

 

137,024

 

Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)

 

94,500

 

1,845,585

 

CTC Media, Inc. (a)

 

1,300

 

23,738

 

 

5




 

Google, Inc. - Class A (a)

 

3,700

 

1,551,521

 

Micron Technology (a)

 

68,000

 

1,024,080

 

Microsoft Corp. *

 

315,100

 

7,341,830

 

Motorola, Inc.

 

133,900

 

2,698,085

 

News Corp - Class B

 

184,500

 

3,723,210

 

Oracle Corp. (a) *

 

341,600

 

4,949,784

 

Photon Dynamics, Inc. (a)

 

30,000

 

375,600

 

Radvision, Ltd. (a)

 

192,445

 

3,067,573

 

Research In Motion (a) *

 

32,500

 

2,267,525

 

Semitool, Inc. (a)

 

95,000

 

856,900

 

Verint Systems, Inc. (a)

 

9,300

 

271,467

 

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

 

71,800

 

2,369,400

 

 

 

 

 

33,834,426

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation  3.98%

 

 

 

 

 

All Nippon Airways

 

405,000

 

1,557,148

 

AMR Corp. (a)

 

31,900

 

810,898

 

Central Japan Railway Company

 

30

 

298,847

 

East Japan Railway Company

 

180

 

1,336,945

 

Gol - Linhas Aereas - ADR

 

58,800

 

2,087,400

 

Nippon Express Co., Ltd.

 

256,000

 

1,382,454

 

Tokyo Corp.

 

319,000

 

1,862,041

 

 

 

 

 

9,335,733

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities  9.56%

 

 

 

 

 

British Energy Group Plc (a)

 

111,200

 

1,383,908

 

Duke Energy Corp.

 

10,000

 

293,700

 

Edison International

 

59,300

 

2,312,700

 

Exelon Corp.

 

47,000

 

2,671,010

 

FPL Group, Inc.

 

45,000

 

1,862,100

 

ITC Holdings Corp.

 

20,600

 

547,548

 

Mirant Corp. (a)

 

68,100

 

1,825,080

 

NiSource, Inc.

 

50,000

 

1,092,000

 

NRG Energy, Inc. (a)

 

30,000

 

1,445,400

 

PPL Corp.

 

28,000

 

904,400

 

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

 

31,700

 

2,096,004

 

Reliant Energy, Inc. (a)

 

76,400

 

915,272

 

Southern Company

 

40,000

 

1,282,000

 

Southern Union Company

 

31,550

 

853,743

 

Williams Cos., Inc. *

 

125,500

 

2,931,680

 

 

 

 

 

22,416,545

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $216,433,538)

 

 

 

240,079,197

 

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 6.46%

 

 

 

 

 

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund *

 

40,900

 

3,138,666

 

iShares MSCI Canada

 

28,000

 

665,000

 

iShares MSCI Hong Kong *

 

268,800

 

3,634,176

 

iShares MSCI Malaysia

 

461,100

 

3,361,419

 

iShares MSCI Pacific

 

20,000

 

2,146,000

 

iShares MSCI South Korea

 

9,000

 

405,630

 

iShares MSCI Taiwan

 

140,700

 

1,800,960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost $13,854,436)

 

 

 

15,151,851

 

 

6




 

PREFERRED STOCKS 1.33%

 

 

 

 

 

Arch Capital Group, 7.875% (a)

 

75,000

 

1,852,500

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., 8.55% (a)

 

50,000

 

1,258,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $3,107,500)

 

 

 

3,110,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOSED-END FUNDS 0.43%

 

 

 

 

 

The Ottoman Fund (a) c)

 

515,340

 

1,005,388

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

1,005,388

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Coupon

 

Amount

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS 8.47%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merrill Lynch *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/13/2008

 

15.22

%

3,000,000

 

3,066,600

 

Barclays Bank Plc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/24/2007

 

17.00

%

3,000,000

 

3,199,875

 

Barclays Bank Plc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/26/2007

 

17.05

%

5,000,000

 

5,320,325

 

09/28/2007

 

16.90

%

5,000,000

 

5,339,475

 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/15/2036 (b)

 

6.20

%

3,000,000

 

2,930,469

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $18,994,333)

 

 

 

 

 

19,856,744

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES 6.30%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) Gold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04/01/2036 (a) *

 

6.00

%

10,000,000

 

9,850,310

 

06/01/2036 (a) *

 

6.00

%

5,000,000

 

4,925,155

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost $14,899,263)

 

 

 

 

 

14,775,465

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 11.99%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-U.S. Government Obligations - 2.21%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK Treasury

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09/07/2015

 

4.75

%

2,800,000

 

5,190,747

 

U.S. Government Obligations - 9.78%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07/15/2006 (b) *

 

5.50

%

3,000,000

 

2,999,955

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08/15/2022 *

 

7.25

%

6,500,000

 

7,844,180

 

02/15/2025 *

 

7.625

%

5,500,000

 

6,986,722

 

02/15/2031 *

 

5.375

%

5,000,000

 

5,087,895

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

22,918,752

 

TOTAL GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $29,080,458)

 

 

 

 

 

28,109,499

 

 

7




 

 

 

Expiration

 

Exercise

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

Price

 

Contracts

 

 

 

PURCHASED OPTIONS 1.85%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Call Options Purchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

iShares Lehman 20+

 

December, 2006

 

$

87.00

 

5,000

 

562,500

 

TOTAL CALL OPTIONS PURCHASED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

562,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put Options Purchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Select Sector

 

July, 2006

 

51.00

 

5,000

 

50,000

 

Ishares Russell 2000

 

November, 2006

 

71.00

 

5,000

 

1,625,000

 

Oil Service HOLDRS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July, 2006

 

150.00

 

2,000

 

920,000

 

 

 

October, 2006

 

145.00

 

1,000

 

860,000

 

Phil Gold/Silver Ind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July, 2006

 

142.50

 

700

 

304,500

 

TOTAL PUT OPTIONS PURCHASED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,759,500

 

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS
(Cost $8,098,730)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,322,000

 

 

8




 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 8.06%

 

 

 

 

 

AIM Liquid Assets

 

8,000,000

 

8,000,000

 

GE Capital Corp. U.S C/P 07/17/2006 *

 

10,000,000

 

9,979,972

 

JP Morgan Prime

 

903,166

 

903,166

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $18,883,138)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,883,138

 

Total Investments - 147.30%
(Cost $324,247,830)

 

 

 

345,293,782

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (6.71)%

 

 

 

(15,719,563

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidation Preference of Auction Market

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Shares, Series W28

 

 

 

 

 

(including dividends payable on preferred shares) - (40.59%)

 

 

 

(95,152,391

)

NET ASSETS - 100.00%

 

 

 

$

234,421,828

 

 

SCHEDULE OF OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

Expiration

 

Exercise

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

Price

 

Contracts

 

Value

 

COVERED CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Select Sector

 

July, 2006

 

$

57.00

 

5,000

 

$

(612,500

)

TOTAL COVERED CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN (Premiums received $100,847)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(612,500

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Select Sector

 

July, 2006

 

47.00

 

5,000

 

(12,500

)

Ishares Russell 2000

 

November, 2006

 

61.00

 

5,000

 

(412,500

)

Oil Service HOLDRS

 

July, 2006

 

135.00

 

2,000

 

(140,000

)

 

 

October, 2006

 

130.00

 

1,000

 

(395,000

)

Phil Gold/Silver Ind

 

July, 2006

 

117.50

 

700

 

(7,000

)

TOTAL PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN
(Premiums received $2,355,032)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(967,000

)

TOTAL OPTIONS WRITTEN
(Premiums received $2,455,879)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(1,579,500

)

 

SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT

 

Name

 

Shares

 

 

 

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)

 

(54,100

)

$

(2,109,900

)

Comerica, Inc.

 

(10,000

)

(519,900

)

Dillards, Inc. - Class A

 

(34,800

)

(1,108,380

)

El Paso Corp.

 

(138,000

)

(2,070,000

)

Energy Select Sector

 

(100,000

)

(5,672,000

)

Factset Research Systems, Inc.

 

(44,400

)

(2,100,120

)

Frontline Limited

 

(26,600

)

(1,006,810

)

Jefferies Group, Inc.

 

(65,600

)

(1,943,728

)

LandAmerica Financial

 

(57,300

)

(3,701,580

)

Lear Corp.

 

(17,000

)

(377,570

)

Longs Drug Stores Corp.

 

(24,600

)

(1,122,252

)

MicroStrategy, Inc. (a)

 

(3,000

)

(292,560

)

Polaris Industries, Inc.

 

(76,900

)

(3,329,770

)

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

 

(28,200

)

(1,078,650

)

Sony Corp. - ADR

 

(49,600

)

(2,184,384

)

Thor Industries, Inc.

 

(38,200

)

(1,850,790

)

Toro Co.

 

(55,200

)

(2,577,840

)

Unit Corp. (a)

 

(19,100

)

(1,086,599

)

Winnebago Industries

 

(18,300

)

(568,032

)

Wynn Resorts, Ltd. (a)

 

(13,400

)

(982,220

)

TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
(Proceeds $34,642,906)

 

 

 

$

(35,683,085

)

 

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ADR - American Depositary Receipt

(a)                                  Non Income Producing Security

(b)                                 Private Placement; these securities may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration under the securities Act of 1933.

(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 June 30, 2006, these securities had total value of  $2,650,188 or 1.12% of net assets.

 

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

 

Income Tax Information:

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

As of June 30, 2006

Gross appreciation (excess of

 

 

 

value over tax cost)

 

31,825,760

 

Gross depreciation (excess of

 

 

 

tax cost over value)

 

(9,151,808

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

22,673,952

 

Cost of investments for income tax purposes

 

322,619,830

 

 

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.

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

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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, 2006 was as follows:

CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

Number of

 

Amount of

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Premiums

 

Options outstanding as of

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2006

 

 

 

Positions opened

 

5,000

 

$

100,847

 

Options expired

 

 

 

Options split

 

 

 

Outstanding, June 30, 2006

 

5,000

 

$

100,847

 

Market Value, June 30, 2006

 

 

 

$

(612,500

)

 

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PUT OPTIONS  WRITTEN

 

Number of

 

Amount of

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Premiums

 

Options outstanding as of

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2006

 

12,200

 

$

491,939

 

Positions opened

 

14,000

 

2,429,432

 

Options expired

 

(12,200

)

(491,939

)

Options split

 

(300

)

(74,400

)

Outstanding, June 30, 2006

 

13,700

 

$

2,355,032

 

Market Value, June 30, 2006

 

 

 

$

(967,000

)

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.

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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:

August 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:

August 28, 2006

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeremy O. May

 

 

 

Jeremy O. May

 

 

Treasurer (principal financial
officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

August 28, 2006

 

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