N-Q 1 a06-18525_1nq.htm QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

 

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

811-21712

 

 

CLOUGH GLOBAL EQUITY 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 Equity 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 EQUITY FUND

QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2006    (UNAUDITED)

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS 111.24%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer/Retail 5.69%

 

 

 

 

 

Bridgestone Corp. (a)

 

16,000

 

$

308,284

 

Coinmach Service Class A

 

200,000

 

2,050,000

 

Daimaru, Inc.

 

144,800

 

1,918,182

 

DSW, Inc. - Class A (a)

 

97,100

 

3,536,382

 

Fast Retailing Company, Ltd. (a)

 

38,300

 

3,129,194

 

Komeri Company, Ltd.

 

30,000

 

948,969

 

Matsumotokiyoshi Co.

 

66,900

 

1,701,145

 

Mitsukoshi, Ltd.

 

140,000

 

639,811

 

Nikon Corp.

 

83,000

 

1,449,091

 

Sugi Pharmacy Co.

 

27,200

 

539,532

 

Toppan Forms Company, Ltd.

 

137,600

 

1,751,863

 

Uni-Charm Corp.

 

63,600

 

3,512,338

 

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

 

10,500

 

1,070,736

 

 

 

 

 

22,555,527

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy 24.50%

 

 

 

 

 

 Coal 1.01%

 

 

 

 

 

KFx, Inc. (a)

 

48,300

 

738,024

 

Massey Energy Company

 

28,600

 

1,029,600

 

Penn Virginia Resources Partners LP

 

20,300

 

545,664

 

Westmoreland Coal Company (a)

 

70,900

 

1,681,748

 

 

 

 

 

3,995,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exploration & Production 11.38%

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

 

10,000

 

476,900

 

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd.

 

46,600

 

2,580,708

 

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)

 

20,000

 

626,200

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp. *

 

83,500

 

2,525,875

 

Chevron Corp.

 

43,100

 

2,674,786

 

ConocoPhillips *

 

117,900

 

7,725,987

 

Encana Corp. *

 

44,500

 

2,342,480

 

Hess Corp. *

 

40,800

 

2,156,280

 

Lukoil - Spon ADR

 

33,500

 

2,822,375

 

Newfield Exploration Co. (a)

 

81,100

 

3,969,034

 

Nexen, Inc.

 

14,000

 

791,560

 

OAO Gazprom - Spon ADR

 

125,000

 

5,256,250

 

Parallel Petroleum Corp. (a)

 

15,000

 

370,650

 

Petrohawk Energy Corp. (a) (b)

 

30,100

 

379,260

 

Petroleo Brasileiro -Spon ADR

 

36,100

 

3,224,091

 

Range Resources Corp.

 

10,000

 

271,900

 

Southwestern Energy Co. (a)

 

32,000

 

997,120

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

 

65,000

 

5,265,650

 

Talisman Energy, Inc.

 

40,000

 

698,020

 

 

 

 

 

45,155,126

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Oil Services and Drillers 11.76%

 

 

 

 

 

Addax Petro Corp. 144A (a)(c)

 

20,300

 

542,825

 

Addax Petroleum Corp. (a)

 

8,800

 

235,313

 

Baker Hughes, Inc.

 

35,500

 

2,905,675

 

BJ Services Company

 

26,700

 

994,842

 

 

2




 

Cooper Cameron Corp. (a)

 

81,400

 

3,888,478

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. *

 

80,600

 

6,764,758

 

ENSCO International, Inc.

 

46,100

 

2,121,522

 

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

14,000

 

944,440

 

Global SantaFe Corp.

 

58,000

 

3,349,500

 

Grant Prideco, Inc. (a)

 

44,400

 

1,986,900

 

Halliburton Company *

 

64,500

 

4,786,545

 

Helix Energy Solutions (a)

 

73,000

 

2,946,280

 

Hydril (a)

 

25,200

 

1,978,704

 

Input/Output, Inc. (a)

 

17,300

 

163,485

 

Noble Corp.

 

70,000

 

5,209,400

 

Oil States International, Inc. (a)

 

14,300

 

490,204

 

Rowan Companies, Inc.

 

49,386

 

1,757,648

 

Transocean, Inc. (a) *

 

49,000

 

3,935,680

 

Weatherford International, Ltd. (a)

 

33,400

 

1,657,308

 

 

 

 

 

46,659,507

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Refiners 0.35%

 

 

 

 

 

Valero Energy Corp.

 

21,100

 

1,403,572

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

97,213,241

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 21.52%

 

 

 

 

 

 Banks 16.60%

 

 

 

 

 

77 Bank, Ltd.

 

353,000

 

2,458,415

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya - Spon ADR

 

119,100

 

2,453,460

 

Banco Bradesco - Spon ADR

 

111,800

 

3,475,862

 

Banco Itau Holding Financeira - Spon ADR

 

37,900

 

1,105,164

 

BanColombia - Spon ADR

 

22,100

 

532,610

 

Bank of Ireland

 

12,800

 

228,387

 

Bank of Kyoto, Ltd.

 

184,600

 

1,992,144

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

 

95,000

 

3,059,000

 

Bank of Yokohama, Ltd.

 

611,000

 

4,725,052

 

Barclays Plc - Spon ADR

 

58,900

 

2,696,442

 

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

 

62,500

 

860,625

 

Chiba Kogyo Bank, Ltd. (a)

 

108,000

 

2,005,418

 

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

 

629,000

 

7,496,994

 

Fidelity Bankshares, Inc.

 

36,100

 

1,148,702

 

Hokkoku Bank, Ltd.

 

188,000

 

832,891

 

HSBC Holdings Plc - Spon ADR

 

30,200

 

2,668,170

 

Joyo Bank, Ltd.

 

538,000

 

3,262,601

 

Mellon Financial Corp.

 

78,900

 

2,716,527

 

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

 

539

 

4,563,885

 

NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc.

 

69,800

 

998,838

 

Nikko Cordial Corp.

 

330,100

 

4,222,880

 

Nomura Holdings, Inc. - ADR *

 

251,800

 

4,733,840

 

Shizuoka Bank, Ltd.

 

496,000

 

5,357,008

 

Siam Commercial Bank

 

1,120,000

 

1,689,402

 

Towa Bank, Ltd.

 

207,000

 

566,157

 

 

 

 

 

65,850,474

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Non-Bank 4.92%

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo Investment Corp. *

 

528,626

 

9,769,008

 

MCG Capital Corp.

 

160,000

 

2,544,000

 

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial - ADR

 

163,900

 

2,286,405

 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

 

309

 

4,320,168

 

Thomas Weisel Group (a)

 

31,900

 

606,419

 

 

 

 

 

19,526,000

 

TOTAL FINANCE

 

 

 

85,376,474

 

 

3




 

Healthcare 1.73%

 

 

 

 

 

BioSphere Medical (a)

 

100,000

 

635,000

 

Biosphere Medical, Inc. (a)

 

121,100

 

768,985

 

Elan Corp Plc- Spon ADR (a)

 

19,000

 

317,300

 

Sepracor, Inc. (a)

 

90,000

 

5,142,600

 

 

 

 

 

6,863,885

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial 12.19%

 

 

 

 

 

American Science & Engineering, Inc. (a) *

 

55,000

 

3,185,600

 

Dresser-Rand Group, Inc. (a)

 

96,305

 

2,261,242

 

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica -Spon ADR *

 

239,800

 

8,745,506

 

Foster Wheeler, Ltd. (a)

 

25,400

 

1,097,280

 

General Electric Co.

 

89,300

 

2,943,328

 

Hexcel Corp. (a)

 

129,100

 

2,028,161

 

Infrasource Services, Inc. (a)

 

19,800

 

360,558

 

Insituform Technologies - Class A (a)

 

31,700

 

725,613

 

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)

 

17,800

 

1,417,592

 

Kokuyo Company, Ltd.

 

222,500

 

3,721,295

 

Magal Security Systems, Ltd. (a)

 

254,826

 

2,423,395

 

McDermott International, Inc. (a)

 

24,800

 

1,127,656

 

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

 

200

 

3,482

 

Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.

 

110,000

 

1,203,425

 

Noritz Corp.

 

48,000

 

870,325

 

Olin Corp.

 

218,000

 

3,908,740

 

Pasona, Inc.

 

1,134

 

2,170,098

 

Primary Energy Recycling Corp. (a) (c)

 

233,400

 

2,090,836

 

Sasol Ltd - Spon ADR

 

63,009

 

2,434,668

 

Tata Motors, Ltd. - Spon ADR

 

13,500

 

232,875

 

Veritas DGC, Inc. (a)

 

65,000

 

3,352,700

 

Washington Group International, Inc.

 

15,000

 

800,100

 

Willbros Group, Inc. (a)

 

65,600

 

1,242,464

 

 

 

 

 

48,346,939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance 11.83%

 

 

 

 

 

ACE, Ltd.

 

46,400

 

2,347,376

 

Allstate Corp. / The

 

20,000

 

1,094,600

 

American International Group *

 

72,300

 

4,269,315

 

Arch Capital Group, Ltd. (a)

 

64,700

 

3,847,062

 

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

 

51,800

 

1,312,612

 

Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd.

 

53,300

 

1,241,357

 

Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd.

 

30,000

 

858,300

 

Everest Re Group, Ltd.

 

54,400

 

4,709,408

 

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

 

11,000

 

522,060

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. *

 

61,700

 

1,659,113

 

Montpelier Re Holdings, Ltd.

 

257,000

 

4,443,530

 

PartnerRe, Ltd. *

 

158,100

 

10,126,305

 

Platinum Underwriters Holdings

 

150,000

 

4,197,000

 

RAM Holdings, Ltd. (a)

 

40,800

 

512,856

 

St. Paul Travelers Cos., Inc.

 

112,000

 

4,992,960

 

Willis Group Holdings, Ltd.

 

25,000

 

802,500

 

 

 

 

 

46,936,354

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media 0.03%

 

 

 

 

 

Asahi Broadcasting Corp.

 

1,000

 

131,510

 

 

 

 

 

131,510

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metals & Mining 3.63%

 

 

 

 

 

BHP Billiton, Ltd. - Spon ADR

 

31,200

 

1,343,784

 

Cia Vale do Rio Doce - ADR

 

46,900

 

1,127,476

 

Coeur d’Alene Mines (a)

 

325,600

 

1,566,136

 

North American Palladium, Ltd. (a)

 

119,400

 

1,038,780

 

Pan American Silver Corp. (a)

 

86,900

 

1,563,331

 

Rio Tinto Plc - Spon ADR

 

4,400

 

922,724

 

Sherritt International Corp.

 

70,000

 

700,439

 

Stillwater Mining Co. (a)

 

104,600

 

1,326,328

 

Streettracks Gold Trust (a)

 

78,500

 

4,805,770

 

 

 

 

 

14,394,768

 

 

4




 

Real Estate 2.69%

 

 

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust

 

80,000

 

1,009,600

 

Daiwa House Industry Co.

 

234,000

 

3,741,874

 

Goldcrest Company, Ltd.

 

19,800

 

970,622

 

Tokyo Corp.

 

495,000

 

2,889,374

 

Trinity Capital PLC (a) (b)

 

614,774

 

1,011,227

 

Trustreet Properties, Inc.

 

80,900

 

1,067,071

 

 

 

 

 

10,689,768

 

REIT - 0.06%

 

 

 

 

 

Champion REIT (a)

 

453,000

 

224,566

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology & Communications 14.45%

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)

 

74,800

 

990,352

 

Avnet, Inc. (a)

 

121,400

 

2,430,428

 

Canadian Satellite Class A (a)(c)

 

51,700

 

442,759

 

Canadian Satellite (a)

 

25,000

 

214,100

 

Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)

 

152,100

 

2,970,513

 

CTC Media, Inc. (a)

 

2,100

 

38,346

 

Google, Inc. (a)

 

6,300

 

2,641,779

 

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

 

228,000

 

3,433,680

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

533,600

 

12,432,880

 

Motorola, Inc.

 

217,400

 

4,380,610

 

News Corp - Class B

 

296,300

 

5,979,334

 

Oracle Corp. (a) *

 

637,600

 

9,238,824

 

Photon Dynamics, Inc. (a)

 

40,000

 

500,800

 

Radvision, Ltd. (a)

 

151,600

 

2,416,504

 

Research In Motion (a) *

 

53,300

 

3,718,741

 

Semitool, Inc. (a)

 

150,000

 

1,353,000

 

Verint Systems, Inc. (a)

 

15,600

 

455,364

 

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

 

111,600

 

3,682,800

 

 

 

 

 

57,320,814

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation 2.92%

 

 

 

 

 

All Nippon Airways

 

648,000

 

2,491,437

 

Central Japan Railway Company

 

44

 

438,308

 

East Japan Railway Company

 

134

 

995,282

 

Gol - Linhas Aereas - ADR

 

94,600

 

3,358,300

 

Golar LNG, Ltd. (a)

 

85,300

 

1,137,049

 

Kamigumi Co., Ltd.

 

220,000

 

1,670,570

 

Nippon Express Co., Ltd.

 

274,000

 

1,479,658

 

 

 

 

 

11,570,604

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities 10.00%

 

 

 

 

 

British Energy Group Plc (a)

 

151,800

 

1,889,184

 

Duke Energy Corp.

 

94,500

 

2,775,465

 

Edison International

 

90,100

 

3,513,900

 

Exelon Corp.

 

83,700

 

4,756,671

 

FPL Group

 

70,000

 

2,896,600

 

ITC Holdings Corp.

 

70,100

 

1,863,258

 

Mirant Corp. (a)

 

121,200

 

3,248,160

 

NiSource, Inc.

 

75,000

 

1,638,000

 

NRG Energy, Inc. (a)

 

47,500

 

2,288,550

 

PPL Corp.

 

20,000

 

646,000

 

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. *

 

61,700

 

4,079,604

 

Reliant Energy, Inc. (a)

 

154,600

 

1,852,108

 

Sempra Energy

 

25,000

 

1,137,000

 

Southern Company

 

51,000

 

1,634,550

 

Southern Union Company

 

55,745

 

1,508,459

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

 

169,700

 

3,964,192

 

 

 

 

 

39,691,701

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $404,657,779)

 

 

 

441,316,151

 

 

5




 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 9.62%

 

 

 

 

 

iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend

 

70,000

 

4,414,200

 

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund *

 

121,000

 

9,285,540

 

iShares MSCI Canada

 

66,000

 

1,567,500

 

iShares MSCI Hong Kong

 

227,900

 

3,081,208

 

iShares MSCI Japan

 

180,000

 

2,455,200

 

iShares MSCI Malaysia

 

814,000

 

5,934,060

 

iShares MSCI Pacific

 

28,000

 

3,004,400

 

iShares MSCI South Korea

 

19,300

 

869,851

 

iShares MSCI Taiwan

 

270,900

 

3,467,520

 

iShares S&P Latin America 40 *

 

30,000

 

4,101,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost $34,606,444)

 

 

 

38,181,079

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS 0.64%

 

 

 

 

 

XL Capital Ltd., 6.50%

 

122,000

 

2,546,140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $2,873,368)

 

 

 

2,546,140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOSED-END FUNDS 0.41%

 

 

 

 

 

The Ottoman Fund (a)(c)

 

835,800

 

1,630,580

 

TOTAL CLOSED-END FUNDS
(Cost $1,453,874)

 

 

 

1,630,580

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Coupon

 

Amount

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS 1.52%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Bank PLC
09/24/2007

 

17.00

%

2,000,000

 

2,133,250

 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York *
06/15/2036 (b)

 

6.20

%

4,000,000

 

3,907,292

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $5,992,445)

 

 

 

 

 

6,040,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES 6.20%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) Pool
06/01/2036

 

6.00

%

25,000,000

 

24,617,975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost $24,621,094)

 

 

 

 

 

24,617,975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 12.99%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bond
02/15/2031 *

 

5.375

%

31,000,000

 

31,544,949

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)
08/08/2006

 

4.00

%

20,000,000

 

19,973,240

 

TOTAL GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $54,313,836)

 

 

 

 

 

51,518,189

 

 

 

 

Expiration

 

Exercise

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

Price

 

Contracts

 

 

 

PURCHASED OPTIONS 1.09%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  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

 

 

6




 

 

 

Shares/

 

 

 

 

 

Principal Amount

 

 

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 12.73%

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Stearns *

 

15,000,000

 

14,965,867

 

GE Capital Corp. *

 

10,000,000

 

9,979,972

 

JP Morgan Prime

 

3,592,444

 

3,592,444

 

United States Treasury Bill

 

22,000,000

 

21,972,681

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $50,510,964)

 

 

 

50,510,964

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments — 156.44%
(Cost $587,128,534)

 

 

 

620,683,620

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (12.29)%

 

 

 

(48,773,893

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidation Preference of Auction Market Preferred Shares, Series M28 and F7 (including dividends payable on preferred shares) - (44.15%)

 

 

 

(175,162,647

)

NET ASSETS - 100.00%

 

 

 

$

396,747,080

 

 

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

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

 

(90,000

)

$

(3,715,200

)

The Bear Stearns Cos, Inc.

 

(21,400

)

(2,997,712

)

Cardinal Health, Inc.

 

(39,100

)

(2,515,303

)

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)

 

(113,600

)

(4,430,400

)

Comerica, Inc.

 

(20,200

)

(1,050,198

)

Dillards, Inc. - Class A

 

(27,800

)

(885,430

)

El Paso Corp.

 

(230,700

)

(3,460,500

)

Energy Select Sector

 

(70,000

)

(3,970,400

)

 

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Factset Research Systems, Inc.

 

(64,100

)

(3,031,930

)

Fastenal Company

 

(27,400

)

(1,103,946

)

Frontline Limited

 

(58,700

)

(2,221,795

)

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

 

(12,000

)

(1,805,160

)

Jefferies Group, Inc.

 

(114,600

)

(3,395,598

)

LandAmerica Financial

 

(90,600

)

(5,852,760

)

Lear Corp.

 

(37,900

)

(841,759

)

Longs Drug Stores Corp.

 

(42,000

)

(1,916,040

)

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

 

(25,200

)

(1,752,912

)

MicroStrategy, Inc. (a)

 

(7,900

)

(770,408

)

Morgan Stanley

 

(29,500

)

(1,864,695

)

Polaris Industries, Inc.

 

(50,100

)

(2,169,330

)

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

 

(45,900

)

(1,755,675

)

Sony Corp. - ADR

 

(78,400

)

(3,452,736

)

Thor Industries, Inc.

 

(62,400

)

(3,023,280

)

Toro Co.

 

(75,000

)

(3,502,500

)

Unit Corp. (a)

 

(33,400

)

(1,900,126

)

Winnebago Industries

 

(20,100

)

(623,904

)

Wynn Resorts, Ltd. (a)

 

(21,900

)

(1,605,270

)

TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (Proceeds $62,904,314)

 

 

 

$

(65,614,967

)

 


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 $4,707,000 or 1.19% 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)

 

50,686,846

 

Gross depreciation (excess of
tax cost over value)

 

(15,019,889

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

35,666,956

 

Cost of investments for income tax purposes

 

585,016,664

 

 

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 Equity 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 January 25, 2005. 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.

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.

Options: The Fund may purchase or write (sell) put and call options. One of the risks associated with purchasing an option among others, is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. Additionally, the Fund bears the risk of loss of premium and change in market value should the counterparty not perform under the contract. Put and call options purchased are accounted for in the same manner as portfolio securities. The cost of securities acquired through the exercise of call options is increased by premiums paid. The proceeds from securities sold through the exercise of put options are decreased by the premiums paid.

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When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains from investments. The difference between the premium and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or, if the premium is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase transaction, as a realized loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security or currency in determining whether the Fund has realized a gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as writer of an option, 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

)

PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

Number of

 

Amount of

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Premiums

 

Options outstanding as of March 31, 2006

 

18,700

 

$

1,082,340

 

Positions opened

 

14,000

 

2,429,432

 

Options expired

 

(18,700

)

(1,082,340

)

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.

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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 EQUITY 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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