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

811-21948

 

 

Cohen & Steers Closed-End Opportunity Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

280 Park Avenue New York, NY

 

10017

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Francis C. Poli
280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(212) 832-3232

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

September 30, 2008

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 



 

COHEN & STEERS CLOSED-END OPPORTUNITY FUND, INC.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Number

 

 

 

 

 

of Shares

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOSED-END FUNDS 95.2%

 

 

 

 

 

CONVERTIBLE 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund

 

633,218

 

$

10,112,491

 

Advent Claymore Global Convertible Securities & Income Fund

 

303,003

 

2,496,745

 

Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund

 

175,500

 

1,755,000

 

Nicholas-Applegate Convertible & Income Fund II

 

416,004

 

3,115,870

 

Nicholas-Applegate Equity & Convertible Income Fund

 

176,000

 

2,569,600

 

 

 

 

 

20,049,706

 

COVERED CALL 20.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Advent Claymore Enhanced Growth & Income Fund

 

102,349

 

1,062,383

 

BlackRock International Growth and Income

 

103,000

 

1,107,250

 

BlackRock World Investment Trust

 

43,600

 

459,980

 

Dow 30 Enhanced Premium and Income Fund

 

141,700

 

1,613,963

 

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund

 

272,235

 

3,623,449

 

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II

 

657,264

 

9,181,981

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

 

275,996

 

3,601,748

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

 

702,546

 

8,409,475

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

 

993,765

 

11,527,674

 

ING Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund

 

338,300

 

4,201,686

 

ING Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund

 

206,844

 

2,295,968

 

ING Risk Managed Natural Resources Fund

 

207,600

 

2,781,840

 

Nasdaq Premium Income & Growth Fund

 

316,000

 

3,908,920

 

NFJ Dividend Interest & Premium Strategy Fund

 

503,700

 

8,205,273

 

Nuveen Equity Premium Advantage Fund

 

234,000

 

2,950,740

 

S&P 500 Covered Call Fund

 

36,600

 

459,330

 

Small Cap Premium & Dividend Income Fund

 

37,000

 

465,830

 

 

 

 

 

65,857,490

 

EMERGING MARKETS DEBT 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund

 

72,100

 

958,209

 

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund

 

159,000

 

1,900,050

 

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund

 

73,400

 

940,254

 

 

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Number

 

 

 

 

 

of Shares

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Western Asset Emerging Markets Income Fund II

 

125,300

 

$

1,149,001

 

 

 

 

 

4,947,514

 

ENERGY 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Global Energy and Resources Trust

 

207,300

 

4,879,842

 

BlackRock Real Asset Equity Trust

 

321,600

 

3,447,552

 

Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund

 

64,432

 

1,427,813

 

 

 

 

 

9,755,207

 

EQUITY DIVIDEND 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

City of London Investment Trust PLC (United Kingdom)(a)

 

245,300

 

1,018,640

 

Evergreen Global Dividend Opportunity Fund

 

587,700

 

6,247,251

 

Gabelli Global Deal Fund

 

76,400

 

1,071,128

 

ING Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income

 

62,800

 

832,100

 

Neuberger Berman Dividend Advantage Fund

 

161,700

 

2,140,908

 

Zweig Fund

 

230,300

 

824,474

 

 

 

 

 

12,134,501

 

EQUITY NON-DIVIDEND 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

DWS Global Commodities Stock Fund

 

142,137

 

1,807,983

 

General American Investors Co.

 

91,500

 

2,367,105

 

 

 

 

 

4,175,088

 

GLOBAL INCOME 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

First Trust Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income Fund

 

63,100

 

750,259

 

Nuveen Multi-Currency Short-Term Government Income Fund

 

80,400

 

1,112,736

 

 

 

 

 

1,862,995

 

GOVERNMENT FUND 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

AllianceBernstein Income Fund

 

208,400

 

1,569,252

 

MFS Intermediate Income Trust

 

245,300

 

1,449,723

 

Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund

 

242,776

 

2,534,579

 

 

 

 

 

5,553,554

 

HEALTHCARE 4.0%

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust

 

212,300

 

5,398,789

 

Finsbury Worldwide Pharmaceutical (United Kingdom) (a)

 

181,400

 

1,680,987

 

 

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Number

 

 

 

 

 

of Shares

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H&Q Healthcare Investors(b)

 

209,400

 

$

2,868,780

 

H&Q Life Sciences Investors(b)

 

257,000

 

2,719,060

 

 

 

 

 

12,667,616

 

HIGH YIELD 4.4%

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund

 

247,600

 

1,238,000

 

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund VI

 

262,100

 

2,104,663

 

Evergreen Income Advantage Fund

 

153,508

 

1,143,635

 

Pioneer High Income Trust

 

264,200

 

2,726,544

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund

 

106,800

 

893,916

 

Western Asset High Income Fund II

 

279,674

 

1,977,295

 

Western Asset High Income Opportunities Fund

 

408,900

 

1,774,626

 

Western Asset Managed High Income Fund

 

518,087

 

2,315,849

 

 

 

 

 

14,174,528

 

INTERNATIONAL 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Korea Equity Fund

 

43,100

 

342,645

 

Swiss Helvetia Fund

 

77,600

 

972,328

 

 

 

 

 

1,314,973

 

LIMITED DURATION 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust

 

357,671

 

4,481,613

 

Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund

 

499,209

 

5,501,283

 

Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund

 

74,300

 

922,806

 

 

 

 

 

10,905,702

 

MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Income and Growth Fund

 

137,100

 

2,707,725

 

Fiduciary/Claymore MLP Opportunity Fund

 

164,661

 

3,051,168

 

MLP & Strategic Equity Fund

 

240,103

 

2,561,899

 

 

 

 

 

8,320,792

 

MULTISECTOR 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Evergreen Multi-Sector Income Fund

 

181,100

 

2,236,585

 

MFS Multimarket Income Trust

 

251,600

 

1,258,000

 

Putnam Premier Income Trust

 

216,900

 

1,177,767

 

 

 

 

 

4,672,352

 

 

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Number

 

 

 

 

 

of Shares

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Preferred and Equity Advantage Trust

 

491,818

 

$

5,090,316

 

BlackRock Preferred Opportunity Trust

 

71,000

 

678,050

 

Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Preferred Securities Income Fund

 

171,100

 

1,302,071

 

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund

 

33,100

 

386,608

 

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II

 

86,300

 

1,015,751

 

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III

 

107,871

 

1,102,442

 

 

 

 

 

9,575,238

 

REAL ESTATE 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

DWS RREEF Real Estate Fund

 

232,547

 

3,097,526

 

DWS RREEF Real Estate Fund II

 

424,000

 

3,430,160

 

ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund

 

441,613

 

3,886,195

 

Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund

 

180,657

 

2,041,424

 

 

 

 

 

12,455,305

 

SENIOR LOAN 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust

 

104,100

 

1,134,690

 

First Trust/Four Corners Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II

 

105,000

 

1,097,250

 

Highland Credit Strategies Fund

 

255,633

 

2,443,852

 

 

 

 

 

4,675,792

 

TAX ADVANTAGED DIVIDEND 16.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

 

537,900

 

8,434,272

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund

 

480,700

 

6,922,080

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund

 

130,600

 

2,525,804

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund

 

1,093,517

 

13,417,453

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund

 

712,562

 

7,994,946

 

Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust

 

764,208

 

10,530,786

 

John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

 

216,100

 

2,435,447

 

 

 

 

 

52,260,788

 

 

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Number

 

 

 

 

 

of Shares

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL RETURN 14.6%

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund

 

159,200

 

$

2,139,648

 

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund

 

1,325,800

 

11,454,912

 

Clough Global Allocation Fund

 

77,100

 

1,045,476

 

Clough Global Equity Fund

 

245,500

 

3,240,600

 

Clough Global Opportunities Fund

 

723,100

 

8,713,355

 

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund

 

618,986

 

2,791,627

 

Liberty All-Star Growth Fund

 

312,900

 

1,085,763

 

LMP Capital and Income Fund

 

585,459

 

6,767,906

 

Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund

 

298,132

 

2,748,777

 

Nuveen Global Value Opportunities Fund

 

37,600

 

486,920

 

SunAmerica Focused Alpha Growth Fund

 

505,700

 

6,483,074

 

 

 

 

 

46,958,058

 

UTILITY 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund

 

2,600

 

39,000

 

Macquarie Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund

 

100,500

 

1,524,585

 

Reaves Utility Income Trust

 

97,800

 

1,645,974

 

 

 

 

 

3,209,559

 

TOTAL CLOSED-END FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

(Identified cost—$469,528,268)

 

 

 

305,526,758

 

 

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

US TREASURY OBLIGATION

 

 

 

 

 

United States Treasury Bill, 0.01%, due 10/02/08 (Identified cost—$4,999,993)

 

$

5,000,000

 

4,999,993

 

 

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Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Identified cost—$474,528,261)

 

96.7

%

$

310,526,751

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES

 

3.3

%

10,479,640

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS (Equivalent to $11.78 per share based on 27,246,654 shares of common stock outstanding)

 

100.0

%

$

321,006,391

 

 


Note: Percentages indicated are based on the net assets of the fund.

(a)

Fair valued security. This security has been valued at its fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the fund’s Board of Directors. Aggregate fair value securities represent 0.8% of net assets.

(b)

Non-income producing security.

 

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Note 1. Portfolio Valuation: Investments in securities that are listed on the New York Stock Exchange are valued, except as indicated below, at the last sale price reflected at the close of the New York Stock Exchange on the business day as of which such value is being determined. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for the day or, if no asked price is available, at the bid price.

 

Securities not listed on the New York Stock Exchange but listed on other domestic or foreign securities exchanges or admitted to trading on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, Inc. (Nasdaq) national market system are valued in a similar manner. Securities traded on more than one securities exchange are valued at the last sale price on the business day as of which such value is being determined as reflected on the tape at the close of the exchange representing the principal market for such securities.

 

Portfolio securities primarily traded on foreign markets are generally valued at the closing values of such securities on their respective exchanges or if after the close of the foreign markets, but prior to the close of business on the day the securities are being valued, market conditions change significantly, certain foreign securities may be fair valued pursuant to procedures established by the Board of Directors.

 

Securities for which market prices are unavailable, or securities for which Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. (the investment manager) determines that bid and/or asked price does not reflect market value, will be valued at fair value pursuant to procedures approved by the fund’s Board of Directors. Circumstances in which market prices may be unavailable include, but are not limited to, when trading in a security is suspended, the exchange on which the security is traded is subject to an unscheduled close or disruption or material events occur after the close of the exchange on which the security is principally traded. In these circumstances, the fund determines fair value in a manner that fairly reflects the market value of the security on the valuation date based on consideration of any information or factors it deems appropriate. These may include recent transactions in comparable securities, information relating to the specific security and developments in the markets.

 

The fund’s use of fair value pricing may cause the net asset value of fund shares to differ from the net asset value that would be calculated using market quotations. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security may be materially different than the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security.

 

Short-term debt securities, which have a maturity date of 60 days or less, are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value.

 

The fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“FAS 157”), effective January 1, 2008. In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in a timely transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. FAS 157 establishes a single definition of fair value, creates a three-tier hierarchy as a framework for measuring fair value based on

 



 

inputs used to value the fund’s investments, and requires additional disclosure about fair value. The hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

· 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 inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2008 in valuing the fund’s investments carried at value:

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2008 Using

 

 

 

 

 

Quoted Prices In
Active Market for 
Identical Assets

 

Significant
Other Observable 
Inputs

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

 

 

 

Total

 

(Level 1)

 

(Level 2)

 

(Level 3)

 

Investments in Securities

 

$

310,526,751

 

$

302,827,131

 

$

7,699,620

 

$

 

 



 

Note 2. Income Tax Information

 

As of September 30, 2008, the federal tax cost and net unrealized depreciation were as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

506

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(164,002,016

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(164,001,510

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost for federal income tax purposes

 

$

474,528,261

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures

 

(a)                                 The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are effective based on their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report.

 

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

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

(a)                                 Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 



 

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.

 

COHEN & STEERS CLOSED-END OPPORTUNITY FUND, INC.

 

 

By:

  /s/

Adam M. Derechin

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Adam M. Derechin

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 26, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

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/

Adam M. Derechin

 

By:

  /s/

James Giallanza

 

 

Name: Adam M. Derechin

 

 

 

Name: James Giallanza

 

 

Title: President and principal

 

 

 

Title: Treasurer and principal

 

 

executive officer

 

 

 

financial officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 26, 2008