N-CSRS 1 c28038dnvcsrs.htm NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM AND GROWTH FUND N-CSRS Nuveen Equity Premium and Growth Fund N-CSRS
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-21809
Nuveen Equity Premium and Growth Fund
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Nuveen Investments
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Kevin J. McCarthy
Nuveen Investments
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 917-7700
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: June 30, 2008
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ITEM 1. REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS
 
 
       
Semi-Annual
Report
June 30, 2008
    Nuveen Investments
Closed-End Funds
 
     
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NUVEEN EQUITY
PREMIUM INCOME
FUND
JPZ

NUVEEN EQUITY
PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY
FUND
JSN

NUVEEN EQUITY
PREMIUM ADVANTAGE
FUND
JLA

NUVEEN EQUITY
PREMIUM AND GROWTH
FUND
JPG

 
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Chairman’s
LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS
 

             
(ROBERT P. BREMNER PHOTO)     ï Robert P. Bremner            ï            Chairman of the Board
Dear Fellow Shareholders:
 
I’d like to use my initial letter to you to accomplish several things. First, I want to report that after fourteen years of service on your Fund’s Board, including the last twelve as chairman, Tim Schwertfeger retired from the Board in June. The Board has elected me to replace him as the chairman, the first time this role has been filled by someone who is not an employee of Nuveen Investments. Electing an independent chairman marks a significant milestone in the management of your Fund, and it aligns us with what is now considered a “best practice” in the fund industry. Further, it demonstrates the independence with which your Board has always acted on your behalf.
 
Following Tim will not be easy. During my eleven previous years on the Nuveen Fund Board, I found that Tim always set a very high standard by combining insightful industry and market knowledge and sound, clear judgment. While the Board will miss his wise counsel, I am certain we will retain the primary commitment Tim shared with all of us—an unceasing dedication to creating and retaining value for Nuveen Fund shareholders. This focus on value over time is a touchstone that I and all the other Board members will continue to use when making decisions on your behalf.
 
Second, I also want to report that we are very fortunate to be welcoming two new Board members to our team. John Amboian, the current chairman and CEO of Nuveen Investments, has agreed to replace Tim as Nuveen’s representative on the Board. John’s presence will allow the independent Board members to benefit not only from his leadership role at Nuveen but also his broad understanding of the fund industry and Nuveen’s role within it. We also are adding Terry Toth as an independent director. A former CEO of the Northern Trust Company’s asset management group, Terry will bring extensive experience in the fund industry to our deliberations.
 
Finally, I urge you to take the time to review the Portfolio Manager’s Comments, the Distribution and Share Price Information, and the Performance Overview sections of this report. All of us are grateful that you have chosen Nuveen Investments as a partner as you pursue your financial goals, and, on behalf of myself and the other members of your Fund’s Board, let me say we look forward to continuing to earn your trust in the months and years ahead.
 
Sincerely,
 
(ROBERT P. BREMNER SIG)
Robert P. Bremner
Chairman of the Board
August 22, 2008


 

 
 Portfolio Managers’ COMMENTS
 

 
       
Nuveen Investments Closed-End Funds
    JPZ, JSN, JLA, JPG
 
 
These Funds feature portfolio management by Gateway Investment Advisers, LLC (Gateway). J. Patrick Rogers and Kenneth H. Toft serve as co-portfolio managers for JSN and JLA; Patrick and Michael T. Buckius are co-portfolio managers for JPZ and JPG. Patrick joined Gateway in 1989 and is the firm’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Ken joined Gateway in 1992 and has been a Vice President and Portfolio Manager since 1997. Mike joined Gateway in 1999 as a Vice President and Portfolio Manager. Here they talk about their management strategy and the performance of the Funds for the six-months ended June 30, 2008.
 
OVER THIS PERIOD, WHAT KEY STRATEGIES WERE USED TO MANAGE THE FUNDS?
 
The core strategy employed in JPZ, JSN, JLA and JPG consists of an investment in a broadly diversified portfolio of equity securities that seeks to substantially track the price movement of a stock market index or a custom blend of stock market indexes. The primary purpose of each equity portfolio is to support the index option-based risk management strategy employed by each Fund.
 
For JPZ and JPG, their equity portfolio seeks to track the price movements of the S&P 500 Index. Over the course of the first half of 2008, JPZ actively sold listed S&P 500 Index call options against the entire stock portfolio. JPG differed from JPZ in that the index call option hedging activity was applied to 80% of the value of the equity portfolio, leaving 20% unhedged. The call option sales by these Funds generated meaningful amounts of regular cash flow, which served to both reduce the risk of owning the stock portfolio and also generated much of the portfolios’ returns. In the past, another component of the strategy had been the purchase of listed S&P 500 Index put options to help protect the value of the stock portfolio in the event of a significant market decline over a short period of time. As previously announced, the Funds completed the gradual phase-out of the put component of the investment strategy during the first quarter of 2008.
 
For JSN, its equity portfolio was invested to replicate the price performance of a custom benchmark consisting of 75% S&P 500 Index and 25% NASDAQ-100 Index. JSN employed an option strategy similar to JPZ, selling S&P 500 Index call options equal to roughly 75% of the value of the underlying equity portfolio and NASDAQ-100 Index calls equal to the remaining 25% of the equity portfolio.
 
For JLA, its underlying equity portfolio was designed to track the price movement of a custom

 
Discussions of specific investments are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended as recommendations of individual investments. The views expressed in this commentary represent those of the portfolio managers as of the date of this report and are subject to change at any time, based on market conditions and other factors. The Funds disclaim any obligation to advise shareholders of such changes.

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benchmark reflecting 50% S&P 500 Index and 50% NASDAQ-100 Index. Its option strategy involved selling S&P 500 Index call options covering about 50% of the equity portfolio and NASDAQ-100 Index call options covering the remaining 50%.
 
HOW DID THE FUNDS PERFORM OVER THIS SIX-MONTH PERIOD?
 
 
Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the data shown.
 
Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that shareholders may have to pay on Fund distributions or upon the sale of Fund shares. For additional information, see the individual Performance Overview for your Fund in this report.
 
The performance of JPZ, JSN, JLA and JPG, as well as comparative indices or benchmarks, is presented in the accompanying table.
 
Cumulative Returns on Net Asset Value
For the six months ended 06/30/08
 
         
 
JPZ
    -3.87%  
S&P 500 Index1
    -11.91%  
JSN
    -3.00%  
Comparative Benchmark2
    -11.84%  
JLA
    -4.11%  
Comparative Benchmark3
    -11.81%  
JPG
    -5.92%  
S&P 500 Index1
    -11.91%  
 
For the six months ended June 30, 2008, the total return on net asset value for each Fund outperformed its respective index or benchmark.
 
Each Fund benefited from the increased volatility in the market during the period. The equity markets experienced sharp swings along a path that declined significantly. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (“VIX”), a popular gauge of market stability, averaged over 20 for the first half of 2008, and at one point reached 32.24, a level not seen since 2003. Similarly, the CBOE NDX Volatility Index (“VXN”) averaged about 27 for the first half of 2008, and had spikes to over 40 in January and 37 in March.
 
 
 
1 The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged Index generally considered representative of the U.S. Stock Market.
 
2 JSN comparative benchmark performance is a blended return consisting of: 1) 75% of the return of the S&P 500 Index, and 2) 25% of the NASDAQ-100 Index, which includes 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market based on market capitalization. The NASDAQ-100 Index reflects companies across major industry groups including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade and biotechnology.
 
3 JLA comparative benchmark performance is a blended return consisting of: 1) 50% of the return of the S&P 500 Index, and 2) 50% of the NASDAQ-100 Index.
The benefit for the Funds of this increased market volatility was that option contract prices increased, in some cases substantially. As a result, the cash flow from the Funds’ option selling activity was robust and served two important purposes: first, more cash was available to support the Funds’ regular shareholder distributions, and second, the increased cash flow helped lower the risk profiles of the Funds’ investment portfolios and mitigate overall losses.
 
The negative equity markets were the biggest constraint on the Funds’ performance during the period. A number of headwinds buffeted the markets to a greater or lesser extent, including the continued struggles of the housing market, a general credit crunch among large and small financial institutions, the collapse of Bear Stearns, a weakened economy, declining consumer spending, rising energy prices and increased negative sentiment among market participants. At the end of the second quarter, nearly all major U.S. market indexes were down over 10% on a year-to-date basis.
 
The equity portfolios of the Funds struggled in this environment. While the option hedging activity employed by the Funds offset a portion of the losses in the underlying equity portfolios, it was unable to overcome all the negative price pressure.

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Distribution and Share Price
INFORMATION
 
 
We are providing you with information regarding your Fund’s distributions. This information is as of June 30, 2008, and likely will vary over time based on the Funds’ investment activities and portfolio investment value changes.
 
Each Fund has a managed distribution program. The goal of a managed distribution program is to provide shareholders with relatively consistent and predictable cash flow by systematically converting its expected long-term return potential into regular distributions. As a result, regular distributions throughout the year are likely to include a portion of expected long-term gains (both realized and unrealized), along with net investment income.
 
Important points to understand about the managed distribution program are:
 
•  Each Fund seeks to establish a relatively stable distribution rate that roughly corresponds to the projected total return from its investment strategy over an extended period of time. However, you should not draw any conclusions about a Fund’s past or future investment performance from its current distribution rate.
 
•  Actual returns will differ from projected long-term returns (and therefore a Fund’s distribution rate), at least over shorter time periods. Over a specific timeframe, the difference between actual returns and total distributions will be reflected in an increasing (returns exceed distributions) or a decreasing (distributions exceed returns) Fund net asset value.
 
•  Each distribution is expected to be paid from some or all of the following sources:
 
  •  net investment income (regular interest and dividends),
 
  •  realized capital gains, and
 
  •  unrealized gains, or, in certain cases, a return of principal (non-taxable distributions).
 
•  A non-taxable distribution is a payment of a portion of a Fund’s capital. When a Fund’s returns exceed distributions, it may represent portfolio gains generated, but not realized as a taxable capital gain. In periods when a Fund’s return falls short of distributions, it will represent a portion of your original principal unless the shortfall is offset during other time periods over the life of your investment (previous or subsequent) when a Fund’s total return exceeds distributions.
 
•  Because distribution source estimates are updated during the year based on a Fund’s performance and forecast for its current fiscal year (which is the calendar year for each Fund), estimates on the nature of your distributions provided at the time the distributions are paid may differ from both the tax information reported to you in your Fund’s IRS Form 1099 statement provided at year end, as well as the ultimate economic sources of distributions over the life of your investment.

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The following table provides estimated information regarding each Fund’s distributions and total return performance for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The distribution information is presented on a tax basis rather than on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis. This information is intended to help you better understand whether the Fund’s returns for the specified time period was sufficient to meet each Fund’s distributions.
 
                                 
 As of 6/30/08   JPZ     JSN     JLA     JPG  
Inception date
    10/26/04       1/26/05       5/25/05       11/22/05  
Six months ended June 30, 2008:
                               
Per share distribution:
                               
From net investment income
    $0.18       $0.14       $0.08       $0.16  
From realized capital gains
    0.62       0.70       0.77       0.65  
From return of capital
                       
                                 
Total per share distribution
    $0.80       $0.84       $0.85       $0.81  
                                 
                                 
Distribution rate on NAV
    4.76%       4.88%       5.01%       4.66%  
                                 
Annualized total returns:
                               
Six-Month (Cumulative) on NAV
    -3.87%       -3.00%       -4.11%       -5.92%  
1-Year on NAV
    -1.33%       1.56%       0.79%       -5.29%  
Since inception on NAV
    5.51%       6.36%       5.69%       4.49%  
                                 
 
COMMON SHARE REPURCHASES AND SHARE PRICE INFORMATION
 
The Board of Directors/Trustees for each of Nuveen’s 120 closed-end funds approved a program, effective August 7, 2008, under which each fund may repurchase up to 10% of its common shares.
 
As of June 30, 2008, the Funds’ share prices were trading relative to their NAVs as shown in the accompanying table:
 
         
    6/30/08
  6-Month Average
    Discount   Discount
JPZ
  -11.07%   -10.48%
JSN
  -10.81%   -10.09%
JLA
  -9.49%   -9.60%
JPG
  -11.51%   -10.51%
         

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Fund Snapshot    
Share Price   $14.94
     
Net Asset Value   $16.80
     
Premium/(Discount) to NAV   -11.07%
     
Current Distribution Rate1   10.71%
     
Net Assets ($000)   $649,696
     
 
               
Average Annual Total Return
(Inception 10/26/04)
    On Share
   
    Price   On NAV
6-Month (Cumulative)
    -4.11 %     -3.87%
               
1-Year
    -9.48 %     -1.33%
               
Since
Inception
    1.24 %     5.51%
               
       
JPZ
Performance
OVERVIEW
    Nuveen Equity
Premium Income
Fund
               as of June 30, 2008
 
 
Portfolio Allocation (as a % of total investments)2
 
(PIE CHART)
 
 
     
Industries
   
(as a % of total investments)2    
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   10.5%
     
Pharmaceuticals   7.3%
     
Commercial Banks   4.3%
     
Computers & Peripherals   4.1%
     
Diversified Telecommunication Services   3.9%
     
Energy Equipment & Services   3.8%
     
Software   3.6%
     
Industrial Conglomerates   3.1%
     
Insurance   2.9%
     
Capital Markets   2.8%
     
Machinery   2.6%
     
Tobacco   2.6%
     
Aerospace & Defense   2.6%
     
Household Products   2.5%
     
Chemicals   2.4%
     
Semiconductors & Equipment   2.4%
     
Communications Equipment   2.1%
     
Multi-Utilities   2.1%
     
Real Estate Investment Trust   2.0%
     
Metal & Mining   2.0%
     
Internet Software & Services   1.8%
     
Media   1.7%
     
Diversified Financial Services   1.5%
     
Short-Term Investments   5.9%
     
Other   19.5%
     
 
2007-2008 Distributions Per Share
 
(BAR CHART)
 
Share Price Performance—Weekly Closing Price
 
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Current Distribution Rate is based on the Fund’s current annualized quarterly distribution divided by the Fund’s current market price. The Fund’s quarterly distributions to its shareholders may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and, if at the end of the calendar year the Fund’s cumulative net ordinary income and net realized gains are less than the amount of the Fund’s distributions, a return of capital for tax purposes.
 
Excluding derivative transactions.

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Fund Snapshot    
Share Price   $15.35
     
Net Asset Value   $17.21
     
Premium/(Discount) to NAV   -10.81%
     
Current Distribution Rate1   10.88%
     
Net Assets ($000)   $1,144,787
     
 
             
Average Annual Total Return
(Inception 1/26/05)
    On Share
   
    Price   On NAV
6-Month (Cumulative)     -0.91 %   -3.00%
             
1-Year     -6.41 %   1.56%
             
Since
Inception
    1.88 %   6.36%
             
 
       
JSN
Performance
OVERVIEW
    Nuveen Equity
Premium Opportunity
Fund
               as of June 30, 2008
 
 
Portfolio Allocation (as a % of total investments)2
 
(PIE CHART)
     
Industries
   
(as a % of total investments)2    
Computers & Peripherals   7.6%
     
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   6.9%
     
Software   6.4%
     
Communications Equipment   5.9%
     
Pharmaceuticals   5.7%
     
Semiconductors & Equipment   4.2%
     
Internet Software & Services   3.4%
     
Energy Equipment & Services   3.0%
     
Biotechnology   2.9%
     
Diversified Telecommunication Services   2.7%
     
Capital Markets   2.6%
     
Commercial Banks   2.6%
     
Media   2.4%
     
Aerospace & Defense   2.3%
     
Industrial Conglomerates   2.3%
     
Machinery   2.2%
     
Metal & Mining   1.8%
     
Household Products   1.6%
     
Tobacco   1.6%
     
Multi-Utilities   1.5%
     
Specialty Retail   1.5%
     
Chemicals   1.5%
     
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure   1.4%
     
Food & Staples Retailing   1.4%
     
Short-Term Investments   5.9%
     
Other   18.7%
     
 
2007-2008 Distributions Per Share
 
(BAR CHART)
 
Share Price Performance—Weekly Closing Price
 
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Current Distribution Rate is based on the Fund’s current annualized quarterly distribution divided by the Fund’s current market price. The Fund’s quarterly distributions to its shareholders may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and, if at the end of the calendar year the Fund’s cumulative net ordinary income and net realized gains are less than the amount of the Fund’s distributions, a return of capital for tax purposes.
 
Excluding derivative transactions.

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Fund Snapshot    
Share Price   $15.35
     
Net Asset Value   $16.96
     
Premium/(Discount) to NAV   -9.49%
     
Current Distribution Rate1   11.07%
     
Net Assets ($000)   $442,944
     
 
               
Average Annual Total Return
(Inception 5/25/05)
    On Share
   
    Price   On NAV
6-Month (Cumulative)     -1.48 %     -4.11%
               
1-Year     -7.71 %     0.79%
               
Since
Inception
    1.21 %     5.69%
               
       
JLA
Performance
OVERVIEW
    Nuveen Equity
Premium Advantage
Fund
               as of June 30, 2008
 
 
Portfolio Allocation (as a % of total investments)2
 
(PIE CHART)
 
 
 
     
Industries
   
(as a % of total investments)2    
Computers & Peripherals   10.5%
     
Software   8.8%
     
Communications Equipment   8.2%
     
Semiconductors & Equipment   5.5%
     
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   5.1%
     
Biotechnology   4.9%
     
Internet Software & Services   4.3%
     
Pharmaceuticals   3.9%
     
Media   2.6%
     
Capital Markets   2.2%
     
Diversified Telecommunication Services   2.2%
     
Energy Equipment & Services   2.2%
     
Commercial Banks   2.0%
     
Machinery   1.8%
     
Health Care Equipment & Supplies   1.7%
     
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure   1.7%
     
Metal & Mining   1.4%
     
Specialty Retail   1.4%
     
Food Products   1.3%
     
IT Services   1.3%
     
Industrial Conglomerates   1.3%
     
Aerospace & Defense   1.2%
     
Short-Term Investments   5.1%
     
Other   19.4%
     
 
2007-2008 Distributions Per Share
 
(BAR CHART)
 
Share Price Performance—Weekly Closing Price
 
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Current Distribution Rate is based on the Fund’s current annualized quarterly distribution divided by the Fund’s current market price. The Fund’s quarterly distributions to its shareholders may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and, if at the end of the calendar year the Fund’s cumulative net ordinary income and net realized gains are less than the amount of the Fund’s distributions, a return of capital for tax purposes.
 
Excluding derivative transactions.

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Fund Snapshot    
Share Price   $15.37
     
Net Asset Value   $17.37
     
Premium/(Discount) to NAV   -11.51%
     
Current Distribution Rate1   10.54%
     
Net Assets ($000)   $287,168
     
 
             
Average Annual Total Return
(Inception 11/22/05)
    On Share
   
    Price   On NAV
6-Month (Cumulative)     -5.58 %   -5.92%
             
1-Year     -11.35 %   -5.29%
             
Since
Inception
    -1.41 %   4.49%
             
 
 
 
       
JPG
Performance
OVERVIEW
    Nuveen Equity
Premium and Growth
Fund
               as of June 30, 2008
 
 
Portfolio Allocation (as a % of total investments)2
 
(PIE CHART)
     
Industries
   
(as a % of total investments)2    
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   12.3%
     
Pharmaceuticals   8.0%
     
Computers & Peripherals   4.5%
     
Energy Equipment & Services   4.2%
     
Commercial Banks   3.8%
     
Software   3.8%
     
Diversified Telecommunication Services   3.7%
     
Industrial Conglomerates   3.6%
     
Capital Markets   3.2%
     
Insurance   2.7%
     
Semiconductors & Equipment   2.6%
     
Household Products   2.4%
     
Communication Equipment   2.3%
     
Chemicals   2.1%
     
Real Estate Investment Trust   2.0%
     
Tobacco   2.0%
     
Food & Staples Retailing   1.9%
     
Machinery   1.9%
     
Internet Software & Services   1.9%
     
Aerospace & Defense   1.9%
     
Multi-Utilities   1.8%
     
Electric Utilities   1.7%
     
Beverages   1.5%
     
Short-Term Investments   4.3%
     
Other   19.9%
     
 
2007-2008 Distributions Per Share
 
(BAR CHART)
 
Share Price Performance—Weekly Closing Price
 
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Current Distribution Rate is based on the Fund’s current annualized quarterly distribution divided by the Fund’s current market price. The Fund’s quarterly distributions to its shareholders may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and, if at the end of the calendar year the Fund’s cumulative net ordinary income and net realized gains are less than the amount of the Fund’s distributions, a return of capital for tax purposes.
 
Excluding derivative transactions.
 
 

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Shareholder Meeting Report
 
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held in the offices of Nuveen Investments on June 30, 2008.
 
                           
    JPZ     JSN     JLA     JPG  
Approval of the Board Members was reached as follows:                        
    Common
    Common
    Common
    Common
 
    Shares     Shares     Shares     Shares  
John P. Amboian
                         
For
  34,303,126     60,291,076     23,326,571       13,380,050  
Withhold
  705,156     1,656,776     496,839       394,247  
                           
Total
  35,008,282     61,947,852     23,823,410       13,774,297  
                           
William C. Hunter
                         
For
  34,290,091     60,296,446     23,316,397       13,379,115  
Withhold
  718,191     1,651,406     507,013       395,182  
                           
Total
  35,008,282     61,947,852     23,823,410       13,774,297  
                           
David J. Kundert
                         
For
  34,294,407     60,276,350     23,318,436       13,376,803  
Withhold
  713,875     1,671,502     504,974       397,494  
                           
Total
  35,008,282     61,947,852     23,823,410       13,774,297  
                           
Terence J. Toth
                         
For
  34,298,222     60,293,809     23,321,299       13,380,297  
Withhold
  710,060     1,654,043     502,111       394,000  
                           
Total
  35,008,282     61,947,852     23,823,410       13,774,297  
                           

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  JPZ
  Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS
                                                                                                                 June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Common Stocks – 96.1%
        Aerospace & Defense – 2.6%
  71,400    
Boeing Company
                          $ 4,692,408    
  100,000    
Honeywell International Inc. 
                            5,028,000    
  32,000    
Raytheon Company
                            1,800,960    
  89,400    
United Technologies Corporation
                            5,515,980    
                                           
       
Total Aerospace & Defense
                            17,037,348    
        Air Freight & Logistics – 0.3%
  31,758    
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B
                            1,952,164    
        Airlines – 0.1%
  84,350    
AMR Corporation, (2)
                            431,873    
  19,134    
Continental Airlines, inc., (2)
                            193,445    
                                           
       
Total Airlines
                            625,318    
        Auto Components – 0.1%
  21,200    
American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. 
                            169,388    
  30,487    
Cooper Tire & Rubber
                            239,019    
                                           
       
Total Auto Components
                            408,407    
        Automobiles – 0.4%
  204,000    
Ford Motor Company, (2)
                            981,240    
  111,481    
General Motors Corporation
                            1,282,032    
  4,000    
Harley-Davidson, Inc. 
                            145,040    
                                           
       
Total Automobiles
                            2,408,312    
        Beverages – 1.3%
  107,304    
Coca-Cola Company
                            5,577,662    
  48,083    
PepsiCo, Inc. 
                            3,057,598    
                                           
       
Total Beverages
                            8,635,260    
        Biotechnology – 0.6%
  33,936    
Amgen Inc., (2)
                            1,600,422    
  4,297    
Genentech, Inc., (2)
                            326,142    
  36,284    
Gilead Sciences, Inc., (2)
                            1,921,238    
                                           
       
Total Biotechnology
                            3,847,802    
        Building Products – 0.1%
  43,691    
Masco Corporation
                            687,259    
        Capital Markets – 2.8%
  59,333    
Charles Schwab Corporation
                            1,218,700    
  21,968    
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 
                            3,842,203    
  48,534    
Jefferies Group, Inc. 
                            816,342    
  177,861    
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
                            6,102,411    
  20,300    
Legg Mason, Inc. 
                            884,471    
  26,500    
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 
                            840,315    
  73,498    
Morgan Stanley
                            2,651,073    
  59,400    
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A
                            2,079,594    
                                           
       
Total Capital Markets
                            18,435,109    
        Chemicals – 2.4%
  51,511    
Dow Chemical Company
                            1,798,249    
  148,600    
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
                            6,373,454    
  40,400    
Eastman Chemical Company
                            2,781,944    
  42,998    
Lubrizol Corporation
                            1,992,097    
  19,000    
NL Industries Inc. 
                            181,070    

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   JPZ
  Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Chemicals (continued)
                                           
  53,293    
Olin Corporation
                          $ 1,395,211    
  63,622    
RPM International, Inc. 
                            1,310,613    
                                           
       
Total Chemicals
                            15,832,638    
        Commercial Banks – 4.4%
  383,779    
Bank of America Corporation
                            9,160,805    
  38,658    
Comerica Incorporated
                            990,805    
  52,600    
HSBC Holdings PLC, Sponsored ADR
                            4,034,420    
  47,988    
Lloyds TSB Group PLC, Sponsored ADR
                            1,183,864    
  3,120    
Toronto-Dominion Bank
                            194,282    
  39,483    
TrustCo Bank Corporation NY
                            292,964    
  175,300    
U.S. Bancorp
                            4,889,117    
  200,633    
Wachovia Corporation
                            3,115,830    
  190,800    
Wells Fargo & Company
                            4,531,500    
                                           
       
Total Commercial Banks
                            28,393,587    
        Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.1%
  3,800    
Avery Dennison Corporation
                            166,934    
  90,303    
Deluxe Corporation
                            1,609,199    
  3,809    
Manpower Inc. 
                            221,836    
  23,000    
Pitney Bowes Inc. 
                            784,300    
  5,800    
Priceline.com Incorporated, (2)
                            669,668    
  8,500    
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
                            252,365    
  42,509    
Resources Connection, Inc. 
                            865,058    
  65,671    
Waste Management, Inc. 
                            2,476,453    
                                           
       
Total Commercial Services & Supplies
                            7,045,813    
        Communications Equipment – 2.2%
  18,403    
ADTRAN, Inc. 
                            438,728    
  8,828    
Ciena Corporation, (2)
                            204,545    
  278,160    
Cisco Systems, Inc., (2)
                            6,470,002    
  56,100    
Corning Incorporated
                            1,293,105    
  11,875    
JDS Uniphase Corporation, (2)
                            134,900    
  148,402    
Motorola, Inc. 
                            1,089,271    
  93,889    
QUALCOMM Inc. 
                            4,165,855    
  3,494    
Research In Motion Limited, (2)
                            408,449    
                                           
       
Total Communications Equipment
                            14,204,855    
        Computers & Peripherals – 4.2%
  51,646    
Apple, Inc., (2)
                            8,647,606    
  93,713    
Dell Inc., (2)
                            2,050,440    
  93,700    
EMC Corporation, (2)
                            1,376,453    
  129,100    
Hewlett-Packard Company
                            5,707,511    
  70,881    
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
                            8,401,525    
  10,457    
McAfee Inc., (2)
                            355,852    
  33,400    
Sun Microsystems Inc., (2)
                            363,392    
                                           
       
Total Computers & Peripherals
                            26,902,779    
        Consumer Finance – 0.2%
  71,634    
Capitalsource Inc. 
                            793,705    
  12,636    
Discover Financial Services
                            166,416    
  2,140    
MasterCard, Inc. 
                            568,213    
                                           
       
Total Consumer Finance
                            1,528,334    
        Containers & Packaging – 0.6%
  65,700    
Packaging Corp. of America
                            1,413,207    
  87,489    
Sonoco Products Company
                            2,707,785    
                                           
       
Total Containers & Packaging
                            4,120,992    
        Diversified Financial Services – 1.5%
  297,363    
Citigroup Inc. 
                            4,983,804    
  8,700    
CME Group, Inc. 
                            3,333,753    
  30,866    
New York Stock Exchange Euronext
                            1,563,672    
                                           
       
Total Diversified Financial Services
                            9,881,229    
                                           
                                           

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Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Diversified Telecommunication Services – 4.0%
  582,077    
AT&T Inc. 
                          $ 19,610,174    
  220,900    
Citizens Communications Company
                            2,505,006    
  2,019    
FairPoint Communications Inc. 
                            14,557    
  107,100    
Verizon Communications Inc. 
                            3,791,340    
  21,026    
Windstream Corporation
                            259,461    
                                           
       
Total Diversified Telecommunication Services
                            26,180,538    
        Electric Utilities – 1.5%
  30,527    
Ameren Corporation
                            1,289,155    
  34,781    
Consolidated Edison, Inc. 
                            1,359,589    
  26,923    
Great Plains Energy Incorporated
                            680,613    
  60,787    
OGE Energy Corp. 
                            1,927,556    
  80,800    
Pepco Holdings, Inc. 
                            2,072,520    
  33,573    
Progress Energy, Inc. 
                            1,404,359    
  28,948    
Southern Company
                            1,010,864    
                                           
       
Total Electric Utilities
                            9,744,656    
        Electrical Equipment – 1.0%
  122,400    
Emerson Electric Company
                            6,052,680    
  14,000    
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 
                            612,220    
                                           
       
Total Electrical Equipment
                            6,664,900    
        Electronic Equipment & Instruments – 0.0%
  4,194    
Garmin Limited
                            179,671    
        Energy Equipment & Services – 3.8%
  21,953    
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. 
                            3,054,540    
  24,668    
ENSCO International Incorporated
                            1,991,694    
  111,600    
Halliburton Company
                            5,922,612    
  26,902    
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 
                            969,548    
  79,200    
Schlumberger Limited
                            8,508,456    
  17,600    
Smith International, Inc. 
                            1,463,264    
  46,500    
Tidewater Inc. 
                            3,023,895    
                                           
       
Total Energy Equipment & Services
                            24,934,009    
        Food & Staples Retailing – 1.2%
  54,675    
CVS Caremark Corporation
                            2,163,490    
  38,696    
SUPERVALU INC.
                            1,195,319    
  74,728    
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 
                            4,199,714    
                                           
       
Total Food & Staples Retailing
                            7,558,523    
        Food Products – 1.4%
  173,705    
Kraft Foods Inc. 
                            4,941,907    
  26,827    
Monsanto Company
                            3,392,006    
  57,000    
Sara Lee Corporation
                            698,250    
                                           
       
Total Food Products
                            9,032,163    
        Gas Utilities – 1.0%
  28,977    
AGL Resources Inc. 
                            1,002,025    
  62,810    
Atmos Energy Corporation
                            1,731,672    
  81,800    
Nicor Inc. 
                            3,483,862    
                                           
       
Total Gas Utilities
                            6,217,559    
        Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.6%
  36,000    
Baxter International Inc. 
                            2,301,840    
  10,904    
Hologic Inc., (2)
                            237,707    
  2,586    
Intuitive Surgical, Inc., (2)
                            696,668    
  16,292    
Medtronic, Inc. 
                            843,111    
                                           
       
Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies
                            4,079,326    
        Health Care Providers & Services – 1.2%
  33,767    
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. 
                            687,496    
  15,450    
Coventry Health Care, Inc., (2)
                            469,989    
  3,121    
Henry Schein Inc., (2)
                            160,950    
  83,690    
Kindred Healthcare Inc., (2)
                            2,406,924    

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   JPZ
  Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Health Care Providers & Services (continued)
                                           
  6,700    
Mentor Corporation
                          $ 186,394    
  88,646    
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
                            2,326,958    
  27,628    
Wellpoint Inc., (2)
                            1,316,750    
                                           
       
Total Health Care Providers & Services
                            7,555,461    
        Health Care Technology – 0.0%
  4,883    
Cerner Corporation, (2)
                            220,614    
        Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.9%
  17,000    
Carnival Corporation
                            560,320    
  22,661    
International Game Technology
                            566,072    
  86,900    
McDonald’s Corporation
                            4,885,518    
                                           
       
Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
                            6,011,910    
        Household Durables – 1.4%
  4,100    
Black & Decker Corporation
                            235,791    
  107,400    
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. 
                            1,803,246    
  12,400    
Snap-on Incorporated
                            644,924    
  25,600    
Stanley Works
                            1,147,648    
  106,700    
Tupperware Corporation
                            3,651,274    
  29,936    
Whirlpool Corporation
                            1,847,949    
                                           
       
Total Household Durables
                            9,330,832    
        Household Products – 2.6%
  53,200    
Colgate-Palmolive Company
                            3,676,120    
  22,833    
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
                            1,364,957    
  193,080    
Procter & Gamble Company
                            11,741,195    
                                           
       
Total Household Products
                            16,782,272    
        Industrial Conglomerates – 3.2%
  3,786    
3M Co. 
                            263,468    
  657,430    
General Electric Company
                            17,546,807    
  52,800    
Genuine Parts Company
                            2,095,104    
  4,702    
Siemens AG, Sponsored ADR
                            517,831    
                                           
       
Total Industrial Conglomerates
                            20,423,210    
        Insurance – 2.9%
  36,800    
Allstate Corporation
                            1,677,712    
  159,568    
American International Group, Inc. 
                            4,222,169    
  24,591    
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 
                            592,643    
  209,268    
Fidelity National Title Group Inc., Class A
                            2,636,777    
  12,500    
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 
                            807,125    
  80,446    
Lincoln National Corporation
                            3,645,813    
  72,500    
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 
                            1,924,875    
  46,000    
Travelers Companies, Inc. 
                            1,996,400    
  52,700    
Unitrin, Inc. 
                            1,452,939    
                                           
       
Total Insurance
                            18,956,453    
        Internet & Catalog Retail – 0.3%
  24,004    
Amazon.com, Inc., (2)
                            1,760,213    
  16,364    
IAC/InterActiveCorp., (2)
                            315,498    
                                           
       
Total Internet & Catalog Retail
                            2,075,711    
        Internet Software & Services – 1.8%
  64,010    
eBay Inc., (2)
                            1,749,393    
  13,441    
Google Inc., Class A, (2)
                            7,075,611    
  159,665    
United Online, Inc. 
                            1,601,440    
  71,781    
Yahoo! Inc., (2)
                            1,482,995    
                                           
       
Total Internet Software & Services
                            11,909,439    
                                           
                                           

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Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        IT Services – 0.7%
  65,710    
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 
                          $ 2,753,249    
  6,395    
Fidelity National Information Services
                            236,039    
  47,862    
Paychex, Inc. 
                            1,497,123    
  34,100    
Standard Register Company
                            321,563    
                                           
       
Total IT Services
                            4,807,974    
        Leisure Equipment & Products – 0.2%
  39,694    
Eastman Kodak Company
                            572,784    
  7,900    
Polaris Industries Inc. 
                            319,002    
                                           
       
Total Leisure Equipment & Products
                            891,786    
        Machinery – 2.7%
  75,600    
Caterpillar Inc. 
                            5,580,792    
  7,390    
Cummins Inc. 
                            484,193    
  20,508    
Deere & Company
                            1,479,242    
  13,600    
Graco Inc. 
                            517,752    
  16,555    
Ingersoll Rand Company Limited, Class A
                            619,654    
  9,750    
Parker Hannifin Corporation
                            695,370    
  57,966    
SPX Corporation
                            7,635,861    
  12,000    
Timken Company
                            395,280    
                                           
       
Total Machinery
                            17,408,144    
        Media – 1.7%
  45,213    
CBS Corporation, Class B
                            881,201    
  67,348    
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. 
                            2,370,650    
  102,516    
Comcast Corporation, Class A
                            1,944,729    
  39,613    
New York Times, Class A
                            609,644    
  26,000    
Omnicom Group Inc. 
                            1,166,880    
  183,600    
Regal Entertainment Group, Class A
                            2,805,408    
  10,489    
ValueClick, Inc., (2)
                            158,908    
  36,200    
Walt Disney Company
                            1,129,440    
                                           
       
Total Media
                            11,066,860    
        Metals & Mining – 2.0%
  23,589    
Alcoa Inc. 
                            840,240    
  28,800    
CONSOL Energy Inc. 
                            3,236,256    
  32,000    
Nucor Corporation
                            2,389,440    
  63,400    
Southern Copper Corporation
                            6,760,342    
                                           
       
Total Metals & Mining
                            13,226,278    
        Multiline Retail – 0.9%
  4,351    
Costco Wholesale Corporation
                            305,179    
  13,000    
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. 
                            259,220    
  38,002    
Federated Department Stores, Inc. 
                            737,999    
  55,400    
Nordstrom, Inc. 
                            1,678,620    
  7,900    
Sears Holding Corporation, (2)
                            581,914    
  40,800    
Target Corporation
                            1,896,792    
                                           
       
Total Multiline Retail
                            5,459,724    
        Multi-Utilities – 2.1%
  125,900    
Duke Energy Corporation
                            2,188,142    
  82,456    
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. 
                            4,191,238    
  29,095    
National Fuel Gas Company
                            1,730,571    
  15,861    
Northwestern Corporation
                            403,187    
  49,251    
ONEOK, Inc. 
                            2,404,926    
  64,200    
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated
                            2,948,706    
                                           
       
Total Multi-Utilities
                            13,866,770    
        Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 10.8%
  12,530    
BP PLC, Sponsored ADR
                            871,712    
  167,900    
Chevron Corporation
                            16,643,927    
  64,437    
ConocoPhillips
                            6,082,208    
  14,859    
Continental Resources Inc., (2)
                            1,030,026    
  3,331    
EnCana Corporation
                            302,888    
  31,800    
EOG Resources, Inc. 
                            4,172,160    

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   JPZ
  Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)
                                           
  409,200    
Exxon Mobil Corporation
                          $ 36,062,796    
  39,148    
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
                            3,517,839    
  6,136    
Suncor Energy, Inc. 
                            356,624    
  3,941    
Total SA, Sponsored ADR
                            336,049    
  12,731    
Valero Energy Corporation
                            524,263    
                                           
       
Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
                            69,900,492    
        Paper & Forest Products – 0.4%
  47,000    
Weyerhaeuser Company
                            2,403,580    
        Pharmaceuticals – 7.5%
  111,700    
Abbott Laboratories
                            5,916,749    
  246,638    
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
                            5,063,478    
  63,940    
Eli Lilly and Company
                            2,951,470    
  16,994    
GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Sponsored ADR
                            751,475    
  169,722    
Johnson & Johnson
                            10,919,913    
  234,802    
Merck & Co. Inc. 
                            8,849,687    
  466,574    
Pfizer Inc. 
                            8,151,048    
  32,315    
Sanofi-Aventis, Sponsored ADR
                            1,073,827    
  80,215    
Schering-Plough Corporation
                            1,579,433    
  69,200    
Wyeth
                            3,318,832    
                                           
       
Total Pharmaceuticals
                            48,575,912    
        Real Estate Investment Trust – 2.1%
  83,552    
Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. 
                            386,010    
  46,667    
Brandywine Realty Trust
                            735,472    
  65,884    
CapLease Inc. 
                            493,471    
  39,900    
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 
                            1,096,053    
  39,146    
Glimcher Realty Trust
                            437,652    
  21,000    
Health Care REIT, Inc. 
                            934,500    
  49,761    
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. 
                            1,182,819    
  96,783    
Hospitality Properties Trust
                            2,367,312    
  117,900    
HRPT Properties Trust
                            798,183    
  78,791    
Lexington Corporate Properties Trust
                            1,073,921    
  26,149    
Liberty Property Trust
                            866,839    
  17,263    
Medical Properties Trust Inc. 
                            174,702    
  42,953    
Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. 
                            1,352,590    
  27,000    
Senior Housing Properties Trust
                            527,310    
  11,215    
Sun Communities Inc. 
                            204,449    
  61,650    
U-Store-It Trust
                            736,718    
                                           
       
Total Real Estate Investment Trust
                            13,368,001    
        Road & Rail – 0.6%
  17,247    
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
                            1,722,803    
  13,563    
Norfolk Southern Corporation
                            849,993    
  17,143    
Union Pacific Corporation
                            1,294,297    
                                           
       
Total Road & Rail
                            3,867,093    
        Semiconductors & Equipment – 2.4%
  26,500    
Analog Devices, Inc. 
                            841,905    
  107,328    
Applied Materials, Inc. 
                            2,048,892    
  45,300    
Broadcom Corporation, Class A, (2)
                            1,236,237    
  242,488    
Intel Corporation
                            5,208,642    
  14,740    
Intersil Holding Corporation, Class A
                            358,477    
  7,565    
Lam Research Corporation, (2)
                            273,475    
  43,526    
Microchip Technology Incorporated
                            1,329,284    
  24,800    
National Semiconductor Corporation
                            509,392    
  31,200    
NVIDIA Corporation, (2)
                            584,064    
  115,500    
Texas Instruments Incorporated
                            3,252,480    
                                           
       
Total Semiconductors & Equipment
                            15,642,848    
        Software – 3.7%
  44,031    
Adobe Systems Incorporated, (2)
                            1,734,381    
  12,597    
Akamai Technologies, Inc., (2)
                            438,250    
  11,400    
Autodesk, Inc., (2)
                            385,434    

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Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Software (continued)
                                           
  32,666    
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, Class A, (2)
                          $ 1,061,972    
  453,413    
Microsoft Corporation
                            12,473,392    
  16,433    
NAVTEQ Corporation, (2)
                            1,265,341    
  251,668    
Oracle Corporation, (2)
                            5,285,028    
  10,500    
Salesforce.com, Inc., (2)
                            716,415    
  21,414    
VeriSign, Inc., (2)
                            809,449    
                                           
       
Total Software
                            24,169,662    
        Specialty Retail – 1.4%
  27,715    
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A
                            1,737,176    
  47,700    
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 
                            650,151    
  52,650    
Best Buy Co., Inc. 
                            2,084,940    
  82,758    
Home Depot, Inc. 
                            1,938,192    
  52,315    
Limited Brands, Inc. 
                            881,508    
  55,300    
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. 
                            1,147,475    
  5,000    
Tiffany & Co. 
                            203,750    
  19,700    
TJX Companies, Inc. 
                            619,959    
                                           
       
Total Specialty Retail
                            9,263,151    
        Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.3%
  14,359    
Cherokee Inc. 
                            289,334    
  27,238    
VF Corporation
                            1,938,801    
                                           
       
Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
                            2,228,135    
        Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.2%
  60,800    
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 
                            1,084,672    
        Tobacco – 2.7%
  217,733    
Altria Group, Inc. 
                            4,476,590    
  217,733    
Philip Morris International, (2)
                            10,753,833    
  32,200    
Reynolds American Inc. 
                            1,502,774    
  36,145    
Vector Group Ltd. 
                            583,019    
                                           
       
Total Tobacco
                            17,316,216    
        Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.0%
  24,054    
USA Mobility Inc., (2)
                            181,608    
                                           
       
Total Common Stocks (cost $546,792,974)
                            624,533,359    
                                           
Principal
                             
Amount (000)     Description (1)   Coupon     Maturity           Value   
        Short-Term Investments – 6.1%
$ 39,457    
Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 6/30/08, repurchase
price $39,458,303, collateralized by $32,330,000 U.S. Treasury Bonds, 6.500%, due 11/15/26, value $40,250,850
    1.350%       7/01/08             $ 39,456,823    
                                           
       
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $39,456,823)
                            39,456,823    
                                           
       
Total Investments (cost $586,249,797) – 102.2%
                            663,990,182    
                                           
                                           
                                           

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   JPZ
  Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

 
                                           
Number of
        Notional
    Expiration
    Strike
       
Contracts     Type   Amount (3)     Date     Price     Value   
        Call Options Written – (0.4)% (4)
  (1,125 )  
S&P 500 Index
  $ (151,875,000 )     7/19/08     $ 1,350     $ (298,125 )  
  (948 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (130,350,000 )     7/19/08       1,375       (71,100 )  
  (531 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (74,340,000 )     7/19/08       1,400       (15,930 )  
  (534 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (72,090,000 )     8/16/08       1,350       (624,780 )  
  (533 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (73,287,500 )     8/16/08       1,375       (325,130 )  
  (590 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (82,600,000 )     8/16/08       1,400       (162,250 )  
  (589 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (79,515,000 )     9/20/08       1,350       (1,301,690 )  
                                           
  (4,850 )  
Total Call Options Written (premiums received $20,999,485)
    (664,057,500 )                     (2,799,005 )  
                                           
       
Other Assets Less Liabilities – (1.8)%
                            (11,495,271 )  
                                           
       
Net Assets – 100%
                          $ 649,695,906    
                                           
 
     
(1)
  All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets unless otherwise noted.
(2)
  Non-income producing.
(3)
  For disclosure purposes, Notional Amount is calculated by multiplying the Number of Contracts by the Strike Price by 100.
(4)
  The Fund may designate up to 100% of its Common Stock investments to cover outstanding Call Options Written.
ADR
  American Depositary Receipt.
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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  Nuveen Equity Premium Opportunity Fund
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS
                                                                                                                            June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Common Stocks – 96.4%
        Aerospace & Defense – 2.4%
  83,145    
Boeing Company
                          $ 5,464,289    
  133,366    
Honeywell International Inc. 
                            6,705,642    
  26,722    
Lockheed Martin Corporation
                            2,636,393    
  42,411    
Northrop Grumman Corporation
                            2,837,296    
  47,936    
Raytheon Company
                            2,697,838    
  110,660    
United Technologies Corporation
                            6,827,722    
                                           
       
Total Aerospace & Defense
                            27,169,180    
        Air Freight & Logistics – 0.5%
  101,679    
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B
                            6,250,209    
        Airlines – 0.1%
  128,407    
AMR Corporation, (2)
                            657,445    
        Automobiles – 0.2%
  73,695    
General Motors Corporation
                            847,493    
  35,909    
Harley-Davidson, Inc. 
                            1,302,060    
                                           
       
Total Automobiles
                            2,149,553    
        Beverages – 1.4%
  180,607    
Coca-Cola Company
                            9,387,952    
  107,391    
PepsiCo, Inc. 
                            6,828,994    
                                           
       
Total Beverages
                            16,216,946    
        Biotechnology – 3.0%
  153,098    
Amgen Inc., (2)
                            7,220,102    
  89,281    
Biogen Idec Inc., (2)
                            4,989,915    
  112,644    
Celgene Corporation, (2)
                            7,194,572    
  45,376    
Genentech, Inc., (2)
                            3,444,038    
  215,745    
Gilead Sciences, Inc., (2)
                            11,423,698    
                                           
       
Total Biotechnology
                            34,272,325    
        Capital Markets – 2.7%
  161,024    
Charles Schwab Corporation
                            3,307,433    
  34,044    
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 
                            5,954,296    
  307,146    
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
                            10,538,179    
  33,305    
Legg Mason, Inc. 
                            1,451,099    
  136,220    
Morgan Stanley
                            4,913,455    
  136,190    
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A
                            4,768,012    
                                           
       
Total Capital Markets
                            30,932,474    
        Chemicals – 1.5%
  61,184    
Dow Chemical Company
                            2,135,933    
  131,113    
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
                            5,623,437    
  41,441    
Eastman Chemical Company
                            2,853,627    
  72,000    
Lubrizol Corporation
                            3,335,760    
  152,430    
RPM International, Inc. 
                            3,140,058    
                                           
       
Total Chemicals
                            17,088,815    
        Commercial Banks – 2.6%
  313,122    
Bank of America Corporation
                            7,474,222    
  65,289    
Fifth Third Bancorp.
                            664,642    
  71,373    
First Horizon National Corporation
                            530,301    
  11,360    
HSBC Holdings PLC, Sponsored ADR
                            871,312    
  65,686    
Huntington BancShares Inc. 
                            379,008    
  90,928    
Lloyds TSB Group PLC, Sponsored ADR
                            2,243,194    
  122,029    
National City Corporation
                            582,078    
  46,961    
Toronto-Dominion Bank
                            2,924,261    

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  Nuveen Equity Premium Opportunity Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Commercial Banks (continued)
                                           
  263,201    
U.S. Bancorp
                          $ 7,340,676    
  112,812    
Wachovia Corporation
                            1,751,970    
  222,372    
Wells Fargo & Company
                            5,281,335    
                                           
       
Total Commercial Banks
                            30,042,999    
        Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.1%
  29,685    
Corporate Executive Board Company
                            1,248,254    
  88,588    
Deluxe Corporation
                            1,578,638    
  57,299    
Manpower Inc. 
                            3,337,094    
  50,346    
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
                            1,494,773    
  90,337    
Resources Connection, Inc. 
                            1,838,358    
  96,384    
Waste Management, Inc. 
                            3,634,641    
                                           
       
Total Commercial Services & Supplies
                            13,131,758    
        Communications Equipment – 6.1%
  67,631    
ADTRAN, Inc. 
                            1,612,323    
  893,387    
Cisco Systems, Inc., (2)
                            20,780,182    
  183,130    
Corning Incorporated
                            4,221,147    
  55,800    
Harris Corporation
                            2,817,342    
  244,613    
Motorola, Inc. 
                            1,795,459    
  549,055    
QUALCOMM Inc. 
                            24,361,570    
  121,135    
Research In Motion Limited, (2)
                            14,160,682    
                                           
       
Total Communications Equipment
                            69,748,705    
        Computers & Peripherals – 7.8%
  306,101    
Apple, Inc., (2)
                            51,253,551    
  232,326    
Dell Inc., (2)
                            5,083,293    
  230,749    
EMC Corporation, (2)
                            3,389,703    
  316,255    
Hewlett-Packard Company
                            13,981,634    
  100,213    
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
                            11,878,247    
  58,225    
McAfee Inc., (2)
                            1,981,397    
  79,478    
Netwwork Appliance Inc., (2)
                            1,721,493    
                                           
       
Total Computers & Peripherals
                            89,289,318    
        Consumer Finance – 0.2%
  50,531    
American Express Company
                            1,903,503    
  64,305    
Discover Financial Services
                            846,897    
                                           
       
Total Consumer Finance
                            2,750,400    
        Containers & Packaging – 0.7%
  202,483    
Packaging Corp. of America
                            4,355,409    
  126,709    
Sonoco Products Company
                            3,921,644    
                                           
       
Total Containers & Packaging
                            8,277,053    
        Diversified Consumer Services – 0.1%
  35,700    
Hillenbrand Inc., (2)
                            763,981    
        Diversified Financial Services – 1.3%
  299,544    
Citigroup Inc. 
                            5,020,357    
  11,000    
CME Group, Inc. 
                            4,215,090    
  35,273    
Eaton Vance Corporation
                            1,402,454    
  126,150    
ING Group N.V., Sponsored ADR 
                            3,980,033    
                                           
       
Total Diversified Financial Services
                            14,617,934    
        Diversified Telecommunication Services – 2.7%
  711,379    
AT&T Inc. 
                            23,966,359    
  42,575    
Citizens Communications Company
                            482,801    
  2,241    
FairPoint Communications Inc. 
                            16,158    
  191,528    
Verizon Communications Inc. 
                            6,780,091    
                                           
       
Total Diversified Telecommunication Services
                            31,245,409    
        Electric Utilities – 1.2%
  38,898    
Ameren Corporation
                            1,642,663    
  94,002    
Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais, Sponsored ADR
                            2,307,749    
  113,425    
Great Plains Energy Incorporated
                            2,867,384    

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Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Electric Utilities (continued)
                                           
  92,646    
OGE Energy Corp. 
                          $ 2,937,805    
  127,006    
Pepco Holdings, Inc. 
                            3,257,704    
  24,128    
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
                            742,419    
                                           
       
Total Electric Utilities
                            13,755,724    
        Electrical Equipment – 1.1%
  52,812    
Cooper Industries, Ltd., Class A, (2)
                            2,086,074    
  161,583    
Emerson Electric Company
                            7,990,279    
  29,254    
Hubbell Incorporated, Class B
                            1,166,357    
  38,983    
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 
                            1,704,727    
                                           
       
Total Electrical Equipment
                            12,947,437    
        Electronic Equipment & Instruments – 0.5%
  123,007    
Gentex Corporation
                            1,776,221    
  51,356    
Roper Industries Inc. 
                            3,383,333    
                                           
       
Total Electronic Equipment & Instruments
                            5,159,554    
        Energy Equipment & Services – 3.1%
  45,800    
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. 
                            6,372,612    
  36,348    
ENSCO International Incorporated
                            2,934,738    
  193,449    
Halliburton Company
                            10,266,338    
  57,882    
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 
                            2,086,067    
  77,652    
Schlumberger Limited
                            8,342,154    
  77,472    
Tidewater Inc. 
                            5,038,004    
                                           
       
Total Energy Equipment & Services
                            35,039,913    
        Food & Staples Retailing – 1.5%
  115,376    
CVS Caremark Corporation
                            4,565,428    
  95,674    
Kroger Co. 
                            2,762,108    
  37,348    
SUPERVALU INC.
                            1,153,680    
  40,471    
Walgreen Co. 
                            1,315,712    
  121,319    
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 
                            6,818,128    
                                           
       
Total Food & Staples Retailing
                            16,615,056    
        Food Products – 1.2%
  177,814    
Kraft Foods Inc. 
                            5,058,808    
  60,792    
Monsanto Company
                            7,686,540    
  96,677    
Sara Lee Corporation
                            1,184,293    
                                           
       
Total Food Products
                            13,929,641    
        Gas Utilities – 0.9%
  24,964    
AGL Resources Inc. 
                            863,255    
  149,706    
Atmos Energy Corporation
                            4,127,394    
  121,756    
Nicor Inc. 
                            5,185,588    
                                           
       
Total Gas Utilities
                            10,176,237    
        Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.9%
  84,704    
Baxter International Inc. 
                            5,415,974    
  36,641    
Hill Rom Holdings Inc. 
                            988,574    
  71,015    
Medtronic, Inc. 
                            3,675,026    
                                           
       
Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies
                            10,079,574    
        Health Care Providers & Services – 1.0%
  50,898    
Aetna Inc. 
                            2,062,896    
  98,319    
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. 
                            2,001,775    
  40,727    
Coventry Health Care, Inc., (2)
                            1,238,915    
  24,109    
Mentor Corporation
                            670,712    
  94,199    
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
                            2,472,724    
  55,064    
Wellpoint Inc., (2)
                            2,624,350    
                                           
       
Total Health Care Providers & Services
                            11,071,372    
                                           
                                           

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   JSN
  Nuveen Equity Premium Opportunity Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.5%
  71,668    
International Game Technology
                          $ 1,790,267    
  215,800    
McDonald’s Corporation
                            12,132,276    
  43,957    
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. 
                            1,761,357    
  15,847    
Wynn Resorts Ltd
                            1,289,153    
                                           
       
Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
                            16,973,053    
        Household Durables – 0.8%
  43,887    
KB Home
                            743,007    
  185,735    
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. 
                            3,118,491    
  44,638    
Stanley Works
                            2,001,122    
  52,780    
Whirlpool Corporation
                            3,258,109    
                                           
       
Total Household Durables
                            9,120,729    
        Household Products – 1.7%
  59,883    
Colgate-Palmolive Company
                            4,137,915    
  248,602    
Procter & Gamble Company
                            15,117,488    
                                           
       
Total Household Products
                            19,255,403    
        Industrial Conglomerates – 2.3%
  26,468    
3M Co. 
                            1,841,908    
  847,674    
General Electric Company
                            22,624,419    
  58,292    
Genuine Parts Company
                            2,313,027    
                                           
       
Total Industrial Conglomerates
                            26,779,354    
        Insurance – 0.9%
  46,402    
Allstate Corporation
                            2,115,467    
  108,576    
American International Group, Inc. 
                            2,872,921    
  41,110    
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 
                            990,751    
  77,278    
Fidelity National Title Group Inc., Class A
                            973,703    
  106,285    
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 
                            2,821,867    
  450    
Mercury General Corporation
                            21,024    
  13,660    
Unitrin, Inc. 
                            376,606    
                                           
       
Total Insurance
                            10,172,339    
        Internet & Catalog Retail – 0.6%
  73,597    
Amazon.com, Inc., (2)
                            5,396,868    
  60,351    
IAC/InterActiveCorp., (2)
                            1,163,567    
                                           
       
Total Internet & Catalog Retail
                            6,560,435    
        Internet Software & Services – 3.5%
  3,996    
Baidu.com, Inc. Sponsored ADR, (2)
                            1,250,588    
  200,021    
Earthlink, Inc., (2)
                            1,730,182    
  253,844    
eBay Inc., (2)
                            6,937,557    
  45,492    
Google Inc., Class A, (2)
                            23,947,899    
  202,286    
United Online, Inc. 
                            2,028,929    
  198,206    
Yahoo! Inc., (2)
                            4,094,936    
                                           
       
Total Internet Software & Services
                            39,990,091    
        IT Services – 0.7%
  98,836    
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 
                            4,141,228    
  91,261    
Electronic Data Systems Corporation
                            2,248,671    
  30,465    
Fidelity National Information Services
                            1,124,463    
                                           
       
Total IT Services
                            7,514,362    
        Leisure Equipment & Products – 0.2%
  85,721    
Mattel, Inc. 
                            1,467,544    
  15,338    
Polaris Industries Inc. 
                            619,348    
                                           
       
Total Leisure Equipment & Products
                            2,086,892    
        Machinery – 2.2%
  105,735    
Caterpillar Inc. 
                            7,805,358    
  19,239    
Deere & Company
                            1,387,709    
  53,350    
Graco Inc. 
                            2,031,035    
  24,503    
Joy Global Inc. 
                            1,858,062    

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Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Machinery (continued)
                                           
  76,240    
SPX Corporation
                          $ 10,043,095    
  66,995    
Timken Company
                            2,206,815    
                                           
       
Total Machinery
                            25,332,074    
        Marine – 0.1%
  31,233    
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. 
                            923,560    
        Media – 2.4%
  71,700    
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. 
                            2,523,840    
  337,544    
Comcast Corporation, Special Class A
                            6,332,325    
  109,629    
GateHouse Media, Inc. 
                            269,687    
  75,017    
New York Times, Class A
                            1,154,512    
  154,035    
News Corporation, Class A
                            2,316,686    
  60,605    
Omnicom Group Inc. 
                            2,719,952    
  233,520    
Regal Entertainment Group, Class A
                            3,568,186    
  47,476    
Viacom Inc., Class B, (2)
                            1,449,917    
  175,022    
Walt Disney Company
                            5,460,686    
  159,513    
Warner Music Group Corporation
                            1,138,923    
  136,242    
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., Class A, (2)
                            1,068,137    
                                           
       
Total Media
                            28,002,851    
        Metals & Mining – 1.9%
  52,002    
Alcoa Inc. 
                            1,852,311    
  309,252    
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional S.A., Sponsored ADR
                            13,733,881    
  55,255    
Southern Copper Corporation
                            5,891,841    
                                           
       
Total Metals & Mining
                            21,478,033    
        Multiline Retail – 0.8%
  87,461    
Federated Department Stores, Inc. 
                            1,698,493    
  93,832    
Nordstrom, Inc. 
                            2,843,110    
  28,887    
Sears Holding Corporation, (2)
                            2,127,816    
  64,097    
Target Corporation
                            2,979,870    
                                           
       
Total Multiline Retail
                            9,649,289    
        Multi-Utilities – 1.5%
  205,356    
Duke Energy Corporation
                            3,569,087    
  88,459    
National Fuel Gas Company
                            5,261,541    
  95,961    
ONEOK, Inc. 
                            4,685,776    
  84,949    
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated
                            3,901,708    
                                           
       
Total Multi-Utilities
                            17,418,112    
        Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 7.0%
  21,311    
Cheniere Energy Inc., (2)
                            93,129    
  186,224    
Chevron Corporation
                            18,460,385    
  2,445    
CNOOC Limited, Sponsored ADR
                            424,305    
  92,089    
ConocoPhillips
                            8,692,281    
  41,492    
Delta Petroleum Corporation, (2)
                            1,058,876    
  485,656    
Exxon Mobil Corporation, Sponsored ADR
                            42,800,863    
  8,844    
Hess Corporation
                            1,116,024    
  16,750    
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
                            1,505,155    
  5,305    
PetroChina Company Limited, Sponsored ADR
                            683,602    
  15,562    
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A
                            1,271,571    
  38,764    
StatoilHydro ASA, Sponsored ADR
                            1,448,998    
  42,794    
XTO Energy, Inc. 
                            2,931,817    
                                           
       
Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
                            80,487,006    
        Pharmaceuticals – 5.9%
  156,479    
Abbott Laboratories
                            8,288,693    
  234,582    
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
                            4,815,968    
  95,936    
Eli Lilly and Company
                            4,428,406    
  49,194    
GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Sponsored ADR
                            2,175,359    
  189,516    
Johnson & Johnson
                            12,193,459    
  376,271    
Merck & Co. Inc. 
                            14,181,654    
  675,705    
Pfizer Inc. 
                            11,804,566    

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   JSN
  Nuveen Equity Premium Opportunity Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Pharmaceuticals (continued)
                                           
  133,041    
Schering-Plough Corporation
                          $ 2,619,577    
  144,862    
Wyeth
                            6,947,582    
                                           
       
Total Pharmaceuticals
                            67,455,264    
        Real Estate Investment Trust – 1.4%
  46,873    
Apartment Investment & Management Company, Class A
                            1,596,494    
  70,937    
Brandywine Realty Trust
                            1,117,967    
  37,509    
CBL & Associates Properties Inc. 
                            856,706    
  114,294    
DCT Industrial Trust Inc. 
                            946,354    
  25,213    
Developers Diversified Realty Corporation
                            875,143    
  59,500    
Health Care REIT, Inc. 
                            2,647,750    
  2,838    
Hospitality Properties Trust
                            69,417    
  89,707    
Lexington Corporate Properties Trust
                            1,222,706    
  49,728    
Liberty Property Trust
                            1,648,483    
  112,648    
Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. 
                            3,547,286    
  136,993    
U-Store-It Trust
                            1,637,066    
                                           
       
Total Real Estate Investment Trust
                            16,165,372    
        Road & Rail – 0.2%
  32,802    
Union Pacific Corporation
                            2,476,551    
        Semiconductors & Equipment – 4.3%
  91,711    
Altera Corporation
                            1,898,418    
  106,522    
Analog Devices, Inc. 
                            3,384,204    
  254,657    
Applied Materials, Inc. 
                            4,861,402    
  138,379    
Broadcom Corporation, Class A, (2)
                            3,776,363    
  898,943    
Intel Corporation
                            19,309,296    
  28,178    
Intersil Holding Corporation, Class A
                            685,289    
  73,345    
Linear Technology Corporation
                            2,388,847    
  93,975    
Marvell Technology Group Ltd., (2)
                            1,659,599    
  122,774    
National Semiconductor Corporation
                            2,521,778    
  208,083    
Texas Instruments Incorporated
                            5,859,617    
  132,395    
Xilinx, Inc. 
                            3,342,974    
                                           
       
Total Semiconductors & Equipment
                            49,687,787    
        Software – 6.5%
  83,887    
Activision Inc., (2)
                            2,858,030    
  193,152    
Adobe Systems Incorporated, (2)
                            7,608,257    
  48,624    
Akamai Technologies, Inc., (2)
                            1,691,629    
  75,052    
Autodesk, Inc., (2)
                            2,537,508    
  1,344,035    
Microsoft Corporation
                            36,974,403    
  39,361    
NAVTEQ Corporation, (2)
                            3,030,797    
  691,792    
Oracle Corporation, (2)
                            14,527,632    
  41,248    
SAP AG, Sponsored ADR
                            2,149,433    
  88,898    
VeriSign, Inc., (2)
                            3,360,344    
                                           
       
Total Software
                            74,738,033    
        Specialty Retail – 1.5%
  24,433    
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A
                            1,531,460    
  61,372    
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 
                            836,500    
  92,630    
Best Buy Co., Inc. 
                            3,668,148    
  69,994    
CarMax, Inc., (2)
                            993,215    
  70,971    
Gap, Inc. 
                            1,183,087    
  188,439    
Home Depot, Inc. 
                            4,413,241    
  131,990    
Limited Brands, Inc. 
                            2,224,032    
  110,413    
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. 
                            2,291,070    
                                           
       
Total Specialty Retail
                            17,140,753    
                                           
                                           

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Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.6%
  104,358    
Countrywide Financial Corporation
                          $ 443,522    
  67,964    
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
                            1,114,610    
  78,963    
Federal National Mortgage Association
                            1,540,568    
  187,079    
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 
                            3,337,489    
  101,879    
Washington Mutual, Inc. 
                            502,263    
                                           
       
Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance
                            6,938,452    
        Tobacco – 1.6%
  198,523    
Altria Group, Inc. 
                            4,081,633    
  42,914    
Lorillard Inc. 
                            2,967,932    
  198,523    
Philip Morris International, (2)
                            9,805,051    
  45,154    
Reynolds American Inc. 
                            2,107,337    
                                           
       
Total Tobacco
                            18,961,953    
        Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.5%
  83,549    
China Mobile Hong Kong Limited, Sponsored ADR
                            5,593,606    
                                           
       
Total Common Stocks (cost $913,434,752)
                            1,104,280,366    
                                           
Principal
                             
Amount (000)     Description (1)   Coupon     Maturity           Value   
        Short-Term Investments – 6.1%
$ 69,565    
Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 6/30/08, repurchase price $69,567,413, collateralized by $58,465,000 U.S. Treasury Bonds, 6.250%, due 8/15/23, value $70,961,894
    1.350%       7/01/08             $ 69,564,804    
                                           
       
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $69,564,804)
                            69,564,804    
                                           
                                           
       
Total Investments (cost $982,999,556) – 102.5%
                            1,173,845,170    
                                           
Number of
        Notional
    Expiration
    Strike
       
Contracts     Type   Amount (3)     Date     Price     Value   
        Call Options Written – (0.5)% (4)
  (1,220 )  
Mini-NDX 100 Index
  $ (23,790,000 )     7/19/08     $ 195.0     $ (103,090 )  
  (1,585 )  
Mini-NDX 100 Index
    (31,303,750 )     7/19/08       197.5       (77,665 )  
  (870 )  
Mini-NDX 100 Index
    (17,400,000 )     7/19/08       200.0       (25,665 )  
  (320 )  
Mini-NDX 100 Index
    (6,240,000 )     8/16/08       195.0       (90,240 )  
  (1,673 )  
Mini-NDX 100 Index
    (33,041,750 )     8/16/08       197.5       (356,349 )  
  (1,670 )  
Mini-NDX 100 Index
    (33,400,000 )     8/16/08       200.0       (263,025 )  
  (232 )  
NASDAQ 100 Index
    (45,240,000 )     7/19/08       1,950       (197,200 )  
  (159 )  
NASDAQ 100 Index
    (31,402,500 )     7/19/08       1,975       (79,500 )  
  (123 )  
NASDAQ 100 Index
    (24,600,000 )     7/19/08       2,000       (35,055 )  
  (154 )  
NASDAQ 100 Index
    (30,030,000 )     8/16/08       1,950       (435,820 )  
  (148 )  
NASDAQ 100 Index
    (29,230,000 )     8/16/08       1,975       (315,240 )  
  (1,451 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (195,885,000 )     7/19/08       1,350       (384,515 )  
  (1,238 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (170,225,000 )     7/19/08       1,375       (92,850 )  
  (698 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (97,720,000 )     7/19/08       1,400       (20,940 )  
  (700 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (94,500,000 )     8/16/08       1,350       (819,000 )  
  (700 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (96,250,000 )     8/16/08       1,375       (427,000 )  
  (772 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (108,080,000 )     8/16/08       1,400       (212,300 )  
  (772 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (104,220,000 )     9/20/08       1,350       (1,706,120 )  
                                           
  (14,485 )  
Total Call Options Written (premiums received $40,995,034)
    (1,172,558,000 )                     (5,641,574 )  
                                           
       
Other Assets Less Liabilities – (2.0)%
                            (23,416,691 )  
                                           
       
Net Assets – 100%
                          $ 1,144,786,905    
                                           
 
     
(1)
  All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets unless otherwise noted.
(2)
  Non-income producing.
(3)
  For disclosure purposes, Notional Amount is calculated by multiplying the Number of Contracts by the Strike Price by 100.
(4)
  The Fund may designate up to 100% of its Common Stock investments to cover outstanding Call Options Written.
ADR
  American Depositary Receipt.
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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  JLA
  Nuveen Equity Premium Advantage Fund
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS
                                                                                                                 June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Common Stocks – 97.5%
        Aerospace & Defense – 1.3%
  26,200    
Boeing Company
                          $ 1,721,864    
  41,300    
Honeywell International Inc. 
                            2,076,564    
  29,966    
United Technologies Corporation
                            1,848,902    
                                           
       
Total Aerospace & Defense
                            5,647,330    
        Air Freight & Logistics – 0.4%
  31,710    
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B
                            1,949,214    
        Airlines – 0.2%
  44,700    
Lan Airlines S.A, Sponsored ADR
                            457,728    
  48,013    
Southwest Airlines Co. 
                            626,090    
                                           
       
Total Airlines
                            1,083,818    
        Auto Components – 0.1%
  41,333    
American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. 
                            330,251    
  49,461    
Cooper Tire & Rubber
                            387,774    
                                           
       
Total Auto Components
                            718,025    
        Automobiles – 0.3%
  87,695    
Ford Motor Company, (2)
                            421,813    
  19,783    
General Motors Corporation
                            227,505    
  14,900    
Harley-Davidson, Inc. 
                            540,274    
                                           
       
Total Automobiles
                            1,189,592    
        Beverages – 0.9%
  39,700    
Coca-Cola Company
                            2,063,606    
  28,800    
PepsiCo, Inc. 
                            1,831,392    
                                           
       
Total Beverages
                            3,894,998    
        Biotechnology – 5.1%
  69,655    
Amgen Inc., (2)
                            3,284,930    
  67,600    
Biogen Idec Inc., (2)
                            3,778,164    
  59,600    
Celgene Corporation, (2)
                            3,806,652    
  12,600    
Cephalon, Inc., (2)
                            840,294    
  31,799    
Genzyme Corporation, (2)
                            2,290,164    
  158,520    
Gilead Sciences, Inc., (2)
                            8,393,634    
                                           
       
Total Biotechnology
                            22,393,838    
        Capital Markets – 2.3%
  22,452    
Bank of New York Company, Inc. 
                            849,359    
  72,720    
Charles Schwab Corporation
                            1,493,669    
  9,100    
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 
                            1,591,590    
  89,700    
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
                            3,077,607    
  35,700    
Morgan Stanley
                            1,287,699    
  51,000    
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A
                            1,785,510    
                                           
       
Total Capital Markets
                            10,085,434    
        Chemicals – 0.5%
  12,674    
Dow Chemical Company
                            442,449    
  44,813    
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
                            1,922,030    
                                           
       
Total Chemicals
                            2,364,479    
        Commercial Banks – 2.0%
  108,993    
Bank of America Corporation
                            2,601,663    
  38,433    
FirstMerit Corporation
                            626,842    
  73,513    
Lloyds TSB Group PLC, Sponsored ADR
                            1,813,566    
  10,376    
Toronto-Dominion Bank
                            646,114    
  63,800    
U.S. Bancorp
                            1,779,382    

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Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Commercial Banks (continued)
                                           
  34,900    
Wachovia Corporation
                          $ 541,997    
  40,776    
Wells Fargo & Company
                            968,430    
                                           
       
Total Commercial Banks
                            8,977,994    
        Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.1%
  4,940    
Corporate Executive Board Company
                            207,727    
  32,672    
Deluxe Corporation
                            582,215    
  20,400    
Manpower Inc. 
                            1,188,096    
  29,775    
Pitney Bowes Inc. 
                            1,015,328    
  24,714    
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
                            733,759    
  26,700    
Resources Connection, Inc. 
                            543,345    
  17,200    
Robert Half International Inc. 
                            412,284    
                                           
       
Total Commercial Services & Supplies
                            4,682,754    
        Communications Equipment – 8.4%
  459,280    
Cisco Systems, Inc., (2)
                            10,682,853    
  33,878    
Comverse Technology, Inc., (2)
                            574,232    
  59,568    
Corning Incorporated
                            1,373,042    
  29,400    
Harris Corporation
                            1,484,406    
  28,730    
Motorola, Inc. 
                            210,878    
  323,872    
QUALCOMM Inc. 
                            14,370,201    
  73,997    
Research In Motion Limited, (2)
                            8,650,249    
                                           
       
Total Communications Equipment
                            37,345,861    
        Computers & Peripherals – 10.8%
  209,206    
Apple, Inc., (2)
                            35,029,449    
  47,100    
EMC Corporation, (2)
                            691,899    
  100,200    
Hewlett-Packard Company
                            4,429,842    
  43,935    
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
                            5,207,616    
  23,041    
McAfee Inc., (2)
                            784,085    
  38,820    
Netwwork Appliance Inc., (2)
                            840,841    
  61,900    
Sun Microsystems Inc., (2)
                            673,472    
                                           
       
Total Computers & Peripherals
                            47,657,204    
        Consumer Finance – 0.3%
  18,700    
American Express Company
                            704,429    
  21,700    
SLM Corporation, (2)
                            419,895    
                                           
       
Total Consumer Finance
                            1,124,324    
        Containers & Packaging – 0.4%
  43,903    
Packaging Corp. of America
                            944,354    
  24,900    
Sonoco Products Company
                            770,655    
                                           
       
Total Containers & Packaging
                            1,715,009    
        Diversified Consumer Services – 0.3%
  11,893    
ITT Educational Services, Inc., (2)
                            982,719    
  35,000    
Service Corporation International
                            345,100    
                                           
       
Total Diversified Consumer Services
                            1,327,819    
        Diversified Financial Services – 0.9%
  88,243    
Citigroup Inc. 
                            1,478,953    
  4,400    
CME Group, Inc. 
                            1,686,036    
  20,000    
Moody’s Corporation
                            688,800    
                                           
       
Total Diversified Financial Services
                            3,853,789    
        Diversified Telecommunication Services – 2.3%
  220,695    
AT&T Inc. 
                            7,435,215    
  25,413    
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., Sponsored ADR
                            644,728    
  72,955    
Citizens Communications Company
                            827,310    
  586    
FairPoint Communications Inc. 
                            4,225    
  31,090    
Verizon Communications Inc. 
                            1,100,586    
                                           
       
Total Diversified Telecommunication Services
                            10,012,064    
                                           
                                           

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   JLA
  Nuveen Equity Premium Advantage Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Electric Utilities – 0.8%
  17,700    
Covanta Holding Corporation, (2)
                          $ 472,413    
  21,600    
Exelon Corporation
                            1,943,136    
  10,700    
Huaneng Power International Inc., Sponsored ADR
                            295,855    
  30,400    
OGE Energy Corp. 
                            963,984    
                                           
       
Total Electric Utilities
                            3,675,388    
        Electrical Equipment – 1.2%
  26,000    
Cooper Industries, Ltd., Class A, (2)
                            1,027,000    
  59,800    
Emerson Electric Company
                            2,957,110    
  13,500    
Hubbell Incorporated, Class B
                            538,245    
  13,700    
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 
                            599,101    
                                           
       
Total Electrical Equipment
                            5,121,456    
        Electronic Equipment & Instruments – 1.0%
  17,182    
Agilent Technologies, Inc., (2)
                            610,648    
  26,404    
Amphenol Corporation, Class A
                            1,185,012    
  48,857    
Gentex Corporation
                            705,495    
  7,800    
MEMC Electronic Materials, (2)
                            480,012    
  18,868    
Roper Industries Inc. 
                            1,243,024    
  3,560    
Tyco Electronics, Limited
                            127,519    
                                           
       
Total Electronic Equipment & Instruments
                            4,351,710    
        Energy Equipment & Services – 2.2%
  30,000    
Cooper Cameron Corporation, (2)
                            1,660,500    
  19,059    
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. 
                            2,651,869    
  52,800    
Halliburton Company
                            2,802,096    
  34,200    
Smith International, Inc. 
                            2,843,388    
                                           
       
Total Energy Equipment & Services
                            9,957,853    
        Food & Staples Retailing – 1.2%
  43,162    
CVS Caremark Corporation
                            1,707,920    
  15,016    
Kroger Co. 
                            433,512    
  23,562    
SUPERVALU INC.
                            727,830    
  15,400    
Walgreen Co. 
                            500,654    
  31,292    
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 
                            1,758,610    
                                           
       
Total Food & Staples Retailing
                            5,128,526    
        Food Products – 1.4%
  10,500    
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
                            354,375    
  47,193    
Kraft Foods Inc. 
                            1,342,641    
  27,800    
Monsanto Company
                            3,515,032    
  64,658    
Sara Lee Corporation
                            792,061    
                                           
       
Total Food Products
                            6,004,109    
        Gas Utilities – 0.6%
  47,295    
Nicor Inc. 
                            2,014,294    
  26,700    
Piedmont Natural Gas Company
                            698,472    
                                           
       
Total Gas Utilities
                            2,712,766    
        Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 1.7%
  33,800    
Applera Corporation-Applied Biosystems Group
                            1,131,624    
  34,400    
Baxter International Inc. 
                            2,199,536    
  55,100    
Boston Scientific Corporation, (2)
                            677,179    
  38,000    
ev3, Inc., (2)
                            360,240    
  3,702    
Intuitive Surgical, Inc., (2)
                            997,319    
  12,200    
Medtronic, Inc. 
                            631,350    
  19,174    
Saint Jude Medical Inc., (2)
                            783,833    
  11,687    
Zimmer Holdings, Inc., (2)
                            795,300    
                                           
       
Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies
                            7,576,381    
        Health Care Providers & Services – 0.9%
  27,200    
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. 
                            553,792    
  22,698    
Medco Health Solutions, Inc., (2)
                            1,071,346    
  82,800    
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, (2)
                            460,368    
  18,700    
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
                            490,875    

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Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Health Care Providers & Services (continued)
                                           
  11,200    
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B
                          $ 708,064    
  14,593    
Wellpoint Inc., (2)
                            695,502    
                                           
       
Total Health Care Providers & Services
                            3,979,947    
        Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.7%
  18,429    
Carnival Corporation
                            607,420    
  26,904    
International Game Technology
                            672,062    
  45,500    
McDonald’s Corporation
                            2,558,010    
  111,220    
Starbucks Corporation, (2)
                            1,750,603    
  15,700    
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. 
                            629,099    
  27,491    
Tim Hortons Inc. 
                            788,717    
  20,300    
Wendy’s International, Inc. 
                            552,566    
                                           
       
Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
                            7,558,477    
        Household Durables – 0.4%
  20,700    
KB Home
                            350,451    
  38,500    
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. 
                            646,415    
  12,700    
Whirlpool Corporation
                            783,971    
                                           
       
Total Household Durables
                            1,780,837    
        Household Products – 1.0%
  75,195    
Procter & Gamble Company
                            4,572,608    
        Industrial Conglomerates – 1.3%
  13,364    
3M Co. 
                            930,001    
  158,640    
General Electric Company
                            4,234,102    
  17,994    
Genuine Parts Company
                            714,002    
                                           
       
Total Industrial Conglomerates
                            5,878,105    
        Insurance – 1.2%
  15,228    
AFLAC Incorporated
                            956,318    
  63,270    
American International Group, Inc. 
                            1,674,124    
  34,260    
Fidelity National Title Group Inc., Class A
                            431,676    
  30,179    
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 
                            801,252    
  13,260    
Prudential Financial, Inc. 
                            792,152    
  18,273    
Travelers Companies, Inc. 
                            793,048    
                                           
       
Total Insurance
                            5,448,570    
        Internet & Catalog Retail – 1.1%
  52,639    
Amazon.com, Inc., (2)
                            3,860,018    
  50,620    
IAC/InterActiveCorp., (2)
                            975,954    
                                           
       
Total Internet & Catalog Retail
                            4,835,972    
        Internet Software & Services – 4.4%
  132,839    
eBay Inc., (2)
                            3,630,490    
  25,123    
Google Inc., Class A, (2)
                            13,225,250    
  20,000    
IBasis, Inc. 
                            65,600    
  43,727    
United Online, Inc. 
                            438,582    
  98,705    
Yahoo! Inc., (2)
                            2,039,245    
                                           
       
Total Internet Software & Services
                            19,399,167    
        IT Services – 1.3%
  32,440    
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 
                            1,359,236    
  41,600    
Electronic Data Systems Corporation
                            1,025,024    
  17,573    
Fidelity National Information Services
                            648,619    
  7,816    
Global Payments Inc. 
                            364,226    
  13,350    
Infosys Technologies Limited, Sponsored ADR
                            580,191    
  61,190    
Paychex, Inc. 
                            1,914,023    
                                           
       
Total IT Services
                            5,891,319    
        Leisure Equipment & Products – 0.1%
  26,523    
Eastman Kodak Company
                            382,727    
        Machinery – 1.9%
  29,600    
Caterpillar Inc. 
                            2,185,072    
  8,259    
Danaher Corporation
                            638,421    

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   JLA
  Nuveen Equity Premium Advantage Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Machinery (continued)
                                           
  6,600    
Deere & Company
                          $ 476,058    
  15,700    
Eaton Corporation
                            1,334,029    
  18,700    
Graco Inc. 
                            711,909    
  3,343    
Ingersoll Rand Company Limited, Class A
                            125,128    
  21,330    
SPX Corporation
                            2,809,801    
                                           
       
Total Machinery
                            8,280,418    
        Media – 2.6%
  32,300    
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. 
                            1,136,960    
  239,323    
Comcast Corporation, Special Class A
                            4,489,699    
  33,800    
Entercom Communications Corporation
                            237,276    
  8,600    
Liberty Media Holding Corporation-Capital, Class A, (2)
                            123,840    
  33,200    
Liberty Media Holding Corporation-Entertainment, Class A, (2)
                            804,436    
  12,933    
Monster Worldwide Inc., (2)
                            266,549    
  62,500    
News Corporation, Class A
                            940,000    
  20,400    
Omnicom Group Inc. 
                            915,552    
  65,946    
Regal Entertainment Group, Class A
                            1,007,655    
  44,300    
Time Warner Inc. 
                            655,640    
  34,600    
Walt Disney Company
                            1,079,520    
                                           
       
Total Media
                            11,657,127    
        Metals & Mining – 1.4%
  107,079    
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional S.A., Sponsored ADR
                            4,755,378    
  14,778    
Southern Copper Corporation
                            1,575,778    
                                           
       
Total Metals & Mining
                            6,331,156    
        Multiline Retail – 0.9%
  25,000    
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. 
                            498,500    
  23,753    
Federated Department Stores, Inc. 
                            461,283    
  16,800    
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. 
                            609,672    
  12,439    
Kohl’s Corporation, (2)
                            498,058    
  13,297    
Sears Holding Corporation, (2)
                            979,457    
  16,500    
Target Corporation
                            767,085    
                                           
       
Total Multiline Retail
                            3,814,055    
        Multi-Utilities – 0.4%
  61,600    
Duke Energy Corporation
                            1,070,608    
  15,502    
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. 
                            787,967    
  26    
National Grid PLC, Sponsored ADR
                            1,715    
                                           
       
Total Multi-Utilities
                            1,860,290    
        Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 5.3%
  14,400    
A/S Steamship Company Torm, Sponsored ADR
                            504,144    
  15,200    
Cheniere Energy Inc., (2)
                            66,424    
  70,620    
Chevron Corporation
                            7,000,561    
  27,800    
ConocoPhillips
                            2,624,042    
  20,800    
Delta Petroleum Corporation, (2)
                            530,816    
  136,446    
Exxon Mobil Corporation
                            12,024,986    
  9,400    
XTO Energy, Inc. 
                            643,994    
                                           
       
Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
                            23,394,967    
        Paper & Forest Products – 0.1%
  23,723    
International Paper Company
                            552,746    
        Pharmaceuticals – 4.1%
  34,630    
Abbott Laboratories
                            1,834,351    
  9,300    
Allergan, Inc. 
                            484,065    
  77,186    
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
                            1,584,629    
  29,208    
Eli Lilly and Company
                            1,348,241    
  8,855    
GlaxoSmithKline PLC, ADR
                            391,568    
  43,843    
Johnson & Johnson
                            2,820,859    
  99,822    
Merck & Co. Inc. 
                            3,762,291    
  182,940    
Pfizer Inc. 
                            3,195,962    

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Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Pharmaceuticals (continued)
                                           
  33,686    
Schering-Plough Corporation
                          $ 663,277    
  38,806    
Wyeth
                            1,861,136    
                                           
       
Total Pharmaceuticals
                            17,946,379    
        Real Estate Investment Trust – 1.0%
  13,700    
Apartment Investment & Management Company, Class A
                            466,622    
  72,400    
DCT Industrial Trust Inc. 
                            599,472    
  12,300    
Developers Diversified Realty Corporation
                            426,933    
  51,777    
Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. 
                            1,630,458    
  41,422    
Senior Housing Properties Trust
                            808,972    
  54,500    
U-Store-It Trust
                            651,275    
                                           
       
Total Real Estate Investment Trust
                            4,583,732    
        Road & Rail – 0.4%
  17,500    
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
                            1,748,075    
        Semiconductors & Equipment – 5.7%
  97,900    
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., (2)
                            570,757    
  55,763    
Altera Corporation
                            1,154,294    
  15,765    
Analog Devices, Inc. 
                            500,854    
  110,180    
Applied Materials, Inc. 
                            2,103,336    
  144,000    
Atmel Corporation, (2)
                            501,120    
  67,900    
Broadcom Corporation, Class A, (2)
                            1,852,991    
  18,900    
Cymer, Inc., (2)
                            508,032    
  47,717    
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, (2)
                            1,180,996    
  39,437    
Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc., Class A, (2)
                            462,596    
  46,242    
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., (2)
                            459,645    
  185,950    
Intel Corporation
                            3,994,206    
  20,531    
Intersil Holding Corporation, Class A
                            499,314    
  70,275    
Linear Technology Corporation
                            2,288,857    
  126,303    
LSI Logic Corporation, (2)
                            775,500    
  52,100    
National Semiconductor Corporation
                            1,070,134    
  27,401    
Novellus Systems, Inc., (2)
                            580,627    
  85,235    
NVIDIA Corporation, (2)
                            1,595,599    
  85,400    
Qimonda AG, Sponsored ADR, (2)
                            203,252    
  110,442    
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Sponsored ADR
                            1,204,922    
  13,849    
Tessera Technologies Inc., (2)
                            226,708    
  79,714    
Texas Instruments Incorporated
                            2,244,746    
  33,502    
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associate, (2)
                            1,166,540    
  2,103    
Verigy Limited, (2)
                            47,759    
                                           
       
Total Semiconductors & Equipment
                            25,192,785    
        Software – 9.0%
  60,364    
Activision Inc., (2)
                            2,056,601    
  100,430    
Adobe Systems Incorporated, (2)
                            3,955,938    
  28,690    
Akamai Technologies, Inc., (2)
                            998,125    
  28,718    
Autodesk, Inc., (2)
                            970,956    
  27,633    
CA Inc. 
                            638,046    
  74,410    
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., (2)
                            751,541    
  62,757    
CNET Networks, Inc., (2)
                            721,078    
  638,901    
Microsoft Corporation
                            17,576,167    
  8,453    
NAVTEQ Corporation, (2)
                            650,881    
  490,178    
Oracle Corporation, (2)
                            10,293,738    
  8,038    
SAP AG, Sponsored ADR
                            418,860    
  38,088    
Satyam Computer Services Limited, Sponsored ADR
                            933,918    
                                           
       
Total Software
                            39,965,849    
        Specialty Retail – 1.4%
  28,650    
Best Buy Co., Inc. 
                            1,134,540    
  50,492    
Gap, Inc. 
                            841,702    
  36,934    
Home Depot, Inc. 
                            864,994    
  40,900    
Limited Brands, Inc. 
                            689,165    
  30,900    
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. 
                            641,175    

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   JLA
  Nuveen Equity Premium Advantage Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Specialty Retail (continued)
                                           
  28,938    
TJX Companies, Inc. 
                          $ 910,679    
  37,616    
Urban Outfitters, Inc., (2)
                            1,173,243    
                                           
       
Total Specialty Retail
                            6,255,498    
        Textiles Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.1%
  14,000    
Coach, Inc., (2)
                            404,320    
        Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.1%
  17,500    
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
                            287,000    
  19,669    
Federal National Mortgage Association
                            383,742    
                                           
       
Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance
                            670,742    
        Tobacco – 1.1%
  68,196    
Altria Group, Inc. 
                            1,402,110    
  68,196    
Philip Morris International, (2)
                            3,368,200    
                                           
       
Total Tobacco
                            4,770,310    
        Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.9%
  45,119    
China Mobile Hong Kong Limited, Sponsored ADR
                            3,020,717    
  36,448    
Vodafone Group PLC, Sponsored ADR
                            1,073,758    
                                           
       
Total Wireless Telecommunication Services
                            4,094,475    
                                           
       
Total Common Stocks (cost $338,217,722)
                            431,802,388    
                                           
Principal
                             
Amount (000)     Description (1)   Coupon     Maturity           Value   
        Short-Term Investments – 5.3%
$ 23,326    
Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 6/30/08, repurchase price $23,327,023, collateralized by $22,420,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 6.000%, due 8/15/09, value $23,793,225
    1.350%       7/01/08               23,326,148    
                                           
       
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $23,326,148)
                            23,326,148    
                                           
       
Total Investments (cost $361,543,870) – 102.8%
                            455,128,536    
                                           
Number of
        Notional
    Expiration
    Strike
       
Contracts     Type   Amount (3)     Date     Price     Value   
        Call Options Written – (0.6)% (4)
  (785 )  
Mini-NDX 100 Index
  $ (15,307,500 )     7/19/08     $ 195.0     $ (66,333 )  
  (1,345 )  
Mini-NDX 100 Index
    (26,563,750 )     7/19/08       197.5       (65,905 )  
  (630 )  
Mini-NDX 100 Index
    (12,600,000 )     7/19/08       200.0       (18,585 )  
  (230 )  
Mini-NDX 100 Index
    (4,485,000 )     8/16/08       195.0       (64,860 )  
  (1,490 )  
Mini-NDX 100 Index
    (29,427,500 )     8/16/08       197.5       (317,370 )  
  (204 )  
NASDAQ 100 Index
    (39,780,000 )     7/19/08       1,950       (173,400 )  
  (138 )  
NASDAQ 100 Index
    (27,255,000 )     7/19/08       1,975       (69,000 )  
  (74 )  
NASDAQ 100 Index
    (14,800,000 )     7/19/08       2,000       (21,090 )  
  (101 )  
NASDAQ 100 Index
    (19,695,000 )     8/16/08       1,950       (285,830 )  
  (120 )  
NASDAQ 100 Index
    (23,700,000 )     8/16/08       1,975       (255,600 )  
  (131 )  
NASDAQ 100 Index
    (26,200,000 )     8/16/08       2,000       (206,325 )  
  (360 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (48,600,000 )     7/19/08       1,350       (95,400 )  
  (307 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (42,212,500 )     7/19/08       1,375       (23,025 )  
  (174 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (24,360,000 )     7/19/08       1,400       (5,220 )  
  (185 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (24,975,000 )     8/16/08       1,350       (216,450 )  
  (185 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (25,437,500 )     8/16/08       1,375       (112,850 )  
  (201 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (28,140,000 )     8/16/08       1,400       (55,275 )  
  (201 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (27,135,000 )     9/20/08       1,350       (444,210 )  
                                           
  (6,861 )  
Total Call Options Written (premiums received $17,524,932)
    (460,673,750 )                     (2,496,728 )  
                                           
       
Other Assets Less Liabilities – (2.2)%
                            (9,687,767 )  
                                           
       
Net Assets – 100%
                          $ 442,944,041    
                                           

 
     
(1)
  All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets unless otherwise noted.
(2)
  Non-income producing.
(3)
  For disclosure purposes, Notional Amount is calculated by multiplying the Number of Contracts by the Strike Price by 100.
(4)
  The Fund may designate up to 100% of its Common Stock investments to cover outstanding Call Options Written.
ADR
  American Depositary Receipt.
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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  Nuveen Equity Premium and Growth Fund
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS
                                                                                                                 June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Common Stocks – 97.2%
        Aerospace & Defense – 1.9%
  25,768    
Boeing Company
                          $ 1,693,473    
  4,500    
Goodrich Corporation
                            213,570    
  33,500    
Honeywell International Inc. 
                            1,684,380    
  5,496    
Raytheon Company
                            309,315    
  25,203    
United Technologies Corporation
                            1,555,025    
                                           
       
Total Aerospace & Defense
                            5,455,763    
        Air Freight & Logistics – 0.3%
  15,798    
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B
                            971,103    
        Airlines – 0.2%
  12,144    
AMR Corporation-DEL, (2)
                            62,177    
  3,200    
Continental Airlines, inc., (2)
                            32,352    
  55,105    
Lan Airlines S.A, Sponsored ADR
                            564,275    
                                           
       
Total Airlines
                            658,804    
        Auto Components – 0.1%
  24,800    
American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. 
                            198,152    
  9,310    
Cooper Tire & Rubber
                            72,990    
                                           
       
Total Auto Components
                            271,142    
        Automobiles – 0.2%
  45,242    
Ford Motor Company, (2)
                            217,614    
  35,600    
General Motors Corporation
                            409,400    
                                           
       
Total Automobiles
                            627,014    
        Beverages – 1.5%
  44,948    
Coca-Cola Company
                            2,336,397    
  31,844    
PepsiCo, Inc. 
                            2,024,960    
                                           
       
Total Beverages
                            4,361,357    
        Biotechnology – 0.6%
  6,508    
Celgene Corporation, (2)
                            415,666    
  560    
Cephalon, Inc., (2)
                            37,346    
  3,005    
Genentech, Inc., (2)
                            228,080    
  17,019    
Gilead Sciences, Inc., (2)
                            901,156    
  2,730    
Invitrogen Corporation, (2)
                            107,180    
  10,546    
PDL Biopahrma Inc. 
                            111,999    
                                           
       
Total Biotechnology
                            1,801,427    
        Capital Markets – 3.2%
  62,385    
Charles Schwab Corporation
                            1,281,388    
  24,811    
Federated Investors Inc. 
                            853,995    
  11,429    
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 
                            1,998,932    
  90,178    
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
                            3,094,007    
  33,567    
Morgan Stanley
                            1,210,762    
  22,422    
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A
                            784,994    
                                           
       
Total Capital Markets
                            9,224,078    
        Chemicals – 2.2%
  24,470    
Chemtura Corporation
                            142,905    
  56,173    
Dow Chemical Company
                            1,960,999    
  47,395    
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
                            2,032,772    
  5,835    
Eastman Chemical Company
                            401,798    
  29,107    
Olin Corporation
                            762,021    

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  Nuveen Equity Premium and Growth Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Chemicals (continued)
                                           
  13,161    
PPG Industries, Inc. 
                          $ 755,047    
  10,283    
RPM International, Inc. 
                            211,830    
                                           
       
Total Chemicals
                            6,267,372    
        Commercial Banks – 3.9%
  124,776    
Bank of America Corporation
                            2,978,403    
  24,420    
Comerica Incorporated
                            625,885    
  25,852    
First Horizon National Corporation
                            192,080    
  8,605    
FirstMerit Corporation
                            140,348    
  9,110    
HSBC Holdings PLC, Sponsored ADR
                            698,737    
  49,105    
Huntington BancShares Inc. 
                            283,336    
  58,291    
Regions Financial Corporation
                            635,955    
  96,551    
U.S. Bancorp
                            2,692,807    
  75,340    
Wachovia Corporation
                            1,170,030    
  75,026    
Wells Fargo & Company
                            1,781,868    
                                           
       
Total Commercial Banks
                            11,199,449    
        Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.3%
  13,262    
Avery Dennison Corporation
                            582,600    
  19,872    
Deluxe Corporation
                            354,119    
                                           
       
Total Commercial Services & Supplies
                            936,719    
        Communications Equipment – 2.3%
  136,624    
Cisco Systems, Inc., (2)
                            3,177,874    
  42,658    
Corning Incorporated
                            983,267    
  20,792    
Motorola, Inc. 
                            152,613    
  49,232    
QUALCOMM Inc. 
                            2,184,424    
  550    
Research In Motion Limited, (2)
                            64,295    
                                           
       
Total Communications Equipment
                            6,562,473    
        Computers & Peripherals – 4.6%
  25,205    
Apple, Inc., (2)
                            4,220,325    
  42,123    
Dell Inc., (2)
                            921,651    
  58,247    
EMC Corporation, (2)
                            855,648    
  65,768    
Hewlett-Packard Company
                            2,907,603    
  35,500    
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
                            4,207,815    
                                           
       
Total Computers & Peripherals
                            13,113,042    
        Consumer Finance – 0.2%
  10,349    
American Express Company
                            389,847    
  640    
Visa Inc. 
                            52,038    
                                           
       
Total Consumer Finance
                            441,885    
        Containers & Packaging – 0.2%
  21,200    
Packaging Corp. of America
                            456,012    
        Diversified Consumer Services – 0.0%
  3,078    
Apollo Group, Inc., (2)
                            136,232    
        Diversified Financial Services – 1.5%
  143,304    
Citigroup Inc. 
                            2,401,775    
  3,292    
CME Group, Inc. 
                            1,261,461    
  2,523    
Intercontinental Exchange Inc., (2)
                            287,622    
  5,207    
New York Stock Exchange Euronext
                            263,787    
                                           
       
Total Diversified Financial Services
                            4,214,645    
        Diversified Telecommunication Services – 3.8%
  4,000    
Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. 
                            47,760    
  147,861    
AT&T Inc. 
                            4,981,437    
  81,953    
Citizens Communications Company
                            929,347    
  3,700    
Compania Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela, Sponsored ADR
                            41,613    
  7,463    
FairPoint Communications Inc. 
                            53,808    

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Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)
                                           
  46,221    
Sprint Nextel Corporation
                          $ 439,100    
  124,392    
Verizon Communications Inc. 
                            4,403,477    
                                           
       
Total Diversified Telecommunication Services
                            10,896,542    
        Electric Utilities – 1.8%
  28,310    
Ameren Corporation
                            1,195,531    
  2,414    
Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais, Sponsored ADR
                            59,264    
  24,452    
Consolidated Edison, Inc. 
                            955,829    
  66,284    
Great Plains Energy Incorporated
                            1,675,660    
  26,735    
Progress Energy, Inc. 
                            1,118,325    
                                           
       
Total Electric Utilities
                            5,004,609    
        Electrical Equipment – 1.3%
  8,053    
Cooper Industries, Ltd., Class A, (2)
                            318,094    
  60,000    
Emerson Electric Company
                            2,967,000    
  110    
First Solar Inc., (2)
                            30,010    
  2,000    
Hubbell Incorporated, Class B
                            79,740    
  6,417    
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 
                            280,615    
                                           
       
Total Electrical Equipment
                            3,675,459    
        Electronic Equipment & Instruments – 0.2%
  9,421    
MEMC Electronic Materials, (2)
                            579,768    
        Energy Equipment & Services – 4.2%
  12,700    
Baker Hughes Incorporated
                            1,109,218    
  3,264    
Carbo Ceramics Inc. 
                            190,454    
  3,196    
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. 
                            444,691    
  34,006    
Halliburton Company
                            1,804,698    
  17,916    
National-Oilwell Varco Inc., (2)
                            1,589,508    
  10,000    
Noble Corporation
                            649,600    
  37,639    
Schlumberger Limited
                            4,043,558    
  11,347    
Smith International, Inc. 
                            943,390    
  2,000    
Tidewater Inc. 
                            130,060    
  8,347    
Transocean Inc., (2)
                            1,271,999    
                                           
       
Total Energy Equipment & Services
                            12,177,176    
        Food & Staples Retailing – 1.9%
  31,368    
CVS Caremark Corporation
                            1,241,232    
  23,637    
SUPERVALU INC.
                            730,147    
  56,986    
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 
                            3,202,613    
  14,890    
Whole Foods Market, Inc. 
                            352,744    
                                           
       
Total Food & Staples Retailing
                            5,526,736    
        Food Products – 1.2%
  986    
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
                            33,278    
  41,300    
ConAgra Foods, Inc. 
                            796,264    
  48,088    
Kraft Foods Inc. 
                            1,368,104    
  9,534    
Monsanto Company
                            1,205,479    
                                           
       
Total Food Products
                            3,403,125    
        Gas Utilities – 0.5%
  35,390    
Nicor Inc. 
                            1,507,260    
        Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.7%
  9,938    
Baxter International Inc. 
                            635,436    
  9,046    
Boston Scientific Corporation, (2)
                            111,175    
  2,840    
Hologic Inc., (2)
                            61,912    
  2,280    
Lincare Holdings, (2)
                            64,752    
  19,245    
Medtronic, Inc. 
                            995,929    
                                           
       
Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies
                            1,869,204    
        Health Care Providers & Services – 1.2%
  12,303    
Aetna Inc. 
                            498,641    
  30,791    
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. 
                            626,905    
  7,142    
Express Scripts, Inc., (2)
                            447,946    

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  Nuveen Equity Premium and Growth Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Health Care Providers & Services (continued)
                                           
  540    
Henry Schein Inc., (2)
                          $ 27,848    
  1,723    
Humana Inc., (2)
                            68,524    
  7,521    
Medco Health Solutions, Inc., (2)
                            354,991    
  17,342    
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, (2)
                            96,422    
  34,501    
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
                            905,651    
  9,569    
Wellpoint Inc., (2)
                            456,059    
                                           
       
Total Health Care Providers & Services
                            3,482,987    
        Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.0%
  6,073    
International Game Technology
                            151,704    
  37,449    
McDonald’s Corporation
                            2,105,383    
  12,813    
Tim Hortons Inc. 
                            367,605    
  10,200    
Wendy’s International, Inc. 
                            277,644    
                                           
       
Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
                            2,902,336    
        Household Durables – 0.9%
  5,583    
Black & Decker Corporation
                            321,078    
  1,658    
KB Home
                            28,070    
  13,500    
Kimball International Inc., Class B
                            111,780    
  3,450    
Lennar Corporation, Class A
                            42,573    
  39,679    
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. 
                            666,210    
  12,000    
Snap-on Incorporated
                            624,120    
  13,500    
Stanley Works
                            605,205    
  2,527    
Whirlpool Corporation
                            155,992    
                                           
       
Total Household Durables
                            2,555,028    
        Household Products – 2.5%
  8,897    
Colgate-Palmolive Company
                            614,783    
  20,000    
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
                            1,195,600    
  87,659    
Procter & Gamble Company
                            5,330,544    
                                           
       
Total Household Products
                            7,140,927    
        Industrial Conglomerates – 3.6%
  19,540    
3M Co. 
                            1,359,789    
  296,601    
General Electric Company
                            7,916,280    
  29,620    
Genuine Parts Company
                            1,175,322    
                                           
       
Total Industrial Conglomerates
                            10,451,391    
        Insurance – 2.7%
  59,887    
American International Group, Inc. 
                            1,584,610    
  52,053    
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 
                            1,254,477    
  52,891    
Fidelity National Title Group Inc., Class A
                            666,427    
  36,741    
Lincoln National Corporation
                            1,665,102    
  21,461    
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 
                            569,790    
  17,648    
Mercury General Corporation
                            824,515    
  2,841    
Prudential Financial, Inc. 
                            169,721    
  16,400    
Travelers Companies, Inc. 
                            711,760    
  13,560    
Unitrin, Inc. 
                            373,849    
                                           
       
Total Insurance
                            7,820,251    
        Internet & Catalog Retail – 0.4%
  14,348    
Amazon.com, Inc., (2)
                            1,052,139    
        Internet Software & Services – 1.9%
  29,263    
eBay Inc., (2)
                            799,758    
  6,671    
Google Inc., Class A, (2)
                            3,511,748    
  31,757    
United Online, Inc. 
                            318,523    
  40,985    
Yahoo! Inc., (2)
                            846,750    
                                           
       
Total Internet Software & Services
                            5,476,779    
                                           
                                           

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Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        IT Services – 0.5%
  27,033    
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 
                          $ 1,132,683    
  5,374    
Fidelity National Information Services
                            198,354    
  20,473    
Standard Register Company
                            193,060    
                                           
       
Total IT Services
                            1,524,097    
        Leisure Equipment & Products – 0.7%
  21,206    
Eastman Kodak Company
                            306,003    
  74,919    
Mattel, Inc. 
                            1,282,613    
  8,000    
Polaris Industries Inc. 
                            323,040    
                                           
       
Total Leisure Equipment & Products
                            1,911,656    
        Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.0%
  470    
Covance, Inc., (2)
                            40,429    
        Machinery – 1.9%
  22,658    
Briggs & Stratton Corporation
                            287,303    
  30,000    
Caterpillar Inc. 
                            2,214,600    
  1,896    
Cummins Inc. 
                            124,226    
  19,204    
Deere & Company
                            1,385,185    
  11,436    
Illinois Tool Works Inc. 
                            543,324    
  22,211    
Ingersoll Rand Company Limited, Class A
                            831,358    
  3,000    
Pentair, Inc. 
                            105,060    
                                           
       
Total Machinery
                            5,491,056    
        Media – 1.4%
  1,500    
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. 
                            52,800    
  25,763    
Comcast Corporation, Class A
                            488,724    
  25,770    
Entercom Communications Corporation
                            180,905    
  5,070    
Lamar Advertising Company, (2)
                            182,672    
  61,923    
New York Times, Class A
                            952,995    
  76,486    
Regal Entertainment Group, Class A
                            1,168,706    
  65,184    
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. 
                            125,153    
  50,823    
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. 
                            786,232    
                                           
       
Total Media
                            3,938,187    
        Metals & Mining – 1.5%
  18,415    
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional S.A., Sponsored ADR
                            817,810    
  2,072    
CONSOL Energy Inc. 
                            232,831    
  11,210    
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. 
                            1,313,700    
  523    
Mittal Steel Company NV
                            51,814    
  15,180    
Southern Copper Corporation
                            1,618,643    
  1,443    
United States Steel Corporation
                            266,638    
                                           
       
Total Metals & Mining
                            4,301,436    
        Multiline Retail – 0.3%
  7,921    
Nordstrom, Inc. 
                            240,006    
  15,837    
Target Corporation
                            736,262    
                                           
       
Total Multiline Retail
                            976,268    
        Multi-Utilities – 1.8%
  26,500    
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 
                            425,325    
  25,128    
Dominion Resources, Inc. 
                            1,193,329    
  76,000    
Duke Energy Corporation
                            1,320,880    
  33,554    
Integrys Energy Group, Inc. 
                            1,705,550    
  10,500    
ONEOK, Inc. 
                            512,715    
                                           
       
Total Multi-Utilities
                            5,157,799    
        Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 12.5%
  4,793    
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
                            316,146    
  68,900    
Chevron Corporation
                            6,830,056    
  43,011    
ConocoPhillips
                            4,059,808    
  3,896    
EOG Resources, Inc. 
                            511,155    
  176,981    
Exxon Mobil Corporation
                            15,597,335    
  13,013    
Frontline Limited
                            908,047    
  4,081    
Hess Corporation
                            514,981    

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  Nuveen Equity Premium and Growth Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

                                           
Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)
                                           
  20,290    
Marathon Oil Corporation
                          $ 1,052,442    
  36,819    
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
                            3,308,555    
  2,836    
Peabody Energy Corporation
                            249,710    
  31,228    
Ship Financial International Limited
                            922,163    
  1,547    
Southwestern Energy Company, (2)
                            73,653    
  36,647    
StatoilHydro ASA, Sponsored ADR
                            1,369,865    
  2,037    
Valero Energy Corporation
                            83,884    
  2,646    
XTO Energy, Inc. 
                            181,277    
                                           
       
Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
                            35,979,077    
        Paper & Forest Products – 0.6%
  31,000    
Weyerhaeuser Company
                            1,585,340    
        Personal Products – 0.3%
  23,000    
Avon Products, Inc. 
                            828,460    
        Pharmaceuticals – 8.1%
  65,000    
Abbott Laboratories
                            3,443,050    
  1,126    
AstraZeneca Group, Sponsored ADR
                            47,889    
  136,126    
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
                            2,794,667    
  30,800    
Eli Lilly and Company
                            1,421,728    
  86,663    
Johnson & Johnson
                            5,575,896    
  92,934    
Merck & Co. Inc. 
                            3,502,682    
  235,000    
Pfizer Inc. 
                            4,105,450    
  10,693    
Sanofi-Aventis, Sponsored ADR
                            355,328    
  34,752    
Schering-Plough Corporation
                            684,267    
  1,180    
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, Sponsored ADR
                            54,044    
  29,480    
Wyeth
                            1,413,861    
                                           
       
Total Pharmaceuticals
                            23,398,862    
        Real Estate Investment Trust – 2.0%
  27,659    
Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. 
                            127,785    
  40,525    
Brandywine Realty Trust
                            638,674    
  27,744    
CapLease Inc. 
                            207,803    
  46,856    
Hospitality Properties Trust
                            1,146,098    
  73,822    
Lexington Corporate Properties Trust
                            1,006,194    
  53,300    
Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. 
                            1,678,417    
  20,000    
Senior Housing Properties Trust
                            390,600    
  51,252    
U-Store-It Trust
                            612,461    
                                           
       
Total Real Estate Investment Trust
                            5,808,032    
        Road & Rail – 0.9%
  39,500    
CSX Corporation
                            2,480,995    
        Semiconductors & Equipment – 2.7%
  31,000    
Analog Devices, Inc. 
                            984,870    
  35,573    
Applied Materials, Inc. 
                            679,089    
  171,768    
Intel Corporation
                            3,689,577    
  36,128    
Microchip Technology Incorporated
                            1,103,349    
  20,469    
NVIDIA Corporation, (2)
                            383,180    
  28,464    
Texas Instruments Incorporated
                            801,546    
                                           
       
Total Semiconductors & Equipment
                            7,641,611    
        Software – 3.8%
  16,693    
Adobe Systems Incorporated, (2)
                            657,537    
  2,401    
Akamai Technologies, Inc., (2)
                            83,531    
  6,711    
Autodesk, Inc., (2)
                            226,899    
  5,003    
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, Class A, (2)
                            162,648    
  233,666    
Microsoft Corporation
                            6,428,151    
  9,000    
NAVTEQ Corporation, (2)
                            693,000    
  107,815    
Oracle Corporation, (2)
                            2,264,115    
  1,202    
Salesforce.com, Inc., (2)
                            82,012    
  11,068    
VeriSign, Inc., (2)
                            418,370    
                                           
       
Total Software
                            11,016,263    
                                           
                                           

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Shares     Description (1)                     Value   
        Specialty Retail – 1.5%
  6,450    
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A
                          $ 404,286    
  25,500    
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 
                            347,565    
  10,075    
Best Buy Co., Inc. 
                            398,970    
  14,956    
Gap, Inc. 
                            249,317    
  63,870    
Home Depot, Inc. 
                            1,495,835    
  11,072    
Limited Brands, Inc. 
                            186,563    
  7,442    
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. 
                            154,422    
  7,300    
Sherwin-Williams Company
                            335,289    
  8,263    
Talbots, Inc. 
                            95,768    
  2,993    
Tiffany & Co. 
                            121,965    
  12,000    
TJX Companies, Inc. 
                            377,640    
                                           
       
Total Specialty Retail
                            4,167,620    
        Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.5%
  3,330    
Cherokee Inc. 
                            67,100    
  19,758    
VF Corporation
                            1,406,374    
                                           
       
Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
                            1,473,474    
        Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.8%
  26,634    
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
                            436,798    
  36,483    
Federal National Mortgage Association
                            711,783    
  58,864    
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 
                            1,050,134    
                                           
       
Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance
                            2,198,715    
        Tobacco – 2.0%
  65,586    
Altria Group, Inc. 
                            1,348,448    
  43,273    
Philip Morris International, (2)
                            2,137,253    
  3,000    
Reynolds American Inc. 
                            140,010    
  28,638    
UST Inc. 
                            1,563,921    
  38,056    
Vector Group Ltd. 
                            613,843    
                                           
       
Total Tobacco
                            5,803,475    
        Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.1%
  2,380    
W.W. Grainger, Inc. 
                            194,684    
        Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.3%
  32,000    
Vodafone Group PLC, Sponsored ADR
                            942,720    
                                           
       
Total Common Stocks (cost $271,568,995)
                            279,080,490    
                                           
Principal
                             
Amount (000)     Description (1)   Coupon     Maturity           Value   
        Short-Term Investments – 4.3%
$ 12,514    
Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 6/30/08,
repurchase price $12,514,173, collateralized by $865,000 U.S. Treasury Notes,
5.000%, due 8/15/11, value $934,200, $3,790,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.875%,
due 2/15/13, value $3,936,863, $3,775,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.000%,
due 2/15/15, value $3,935,438, $3,780,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.500%,
due 5/15/17, value $3,959,550
    1.350%       7/01/08               12,513,704    
                                           
       
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $12,513,704)
                            12,513,704    
                                           
       
Total Investments (cost $284,082,699) – 101.5%
                            291,594,194    
                                           
                                           

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  Nuveen Equity Premium and Growth Fund (continued)
Portfolio of INVESTMENTS June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

 
                                           
Number of
        Notional
    Expiration
    Strike
       
Contracts     Type   Amount (3)     Date     Price     Value   
        Call Options Written – (0.4)% (4)
  (400 )  
S&P 500 Index
  $ (54,000,000 )     7/19/08     $ 1,350     $ (106,000 )  
  (336 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (46,200,000 )     7/19/08       1,375       (25,200 )  
  (198 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (27,720,000 )     7/19/08       1,400       (5,940 )  
  (191 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (25,785,000 )     8/16/08       1,350       (223,470 )  
  (191 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (26,262,500 )     8/16/08       1,375       (116,510 )  
  (212 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (29,680,000 )     8/16/08       1,400       (58,300 )  
  (213 )  
S&P 500 Index
    (28,755,000 )     9/20/08       1,350       (470,730 )  
                                           
  (1,741 )  
Total Call Options Written (premium received $7,542,838)
    (238,402,500 )                     (1,006,150 )  
                                           
       
Other Assets Less Liabilities – (1.1)%
                            (3,420,070 )  
                                           
       
Net Assets – 100%
                          $ 287,167,974    
                                           
 
     
(1)
  All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets unless otherwise noted.
(2)
  Non-income producing.
(3)
  For disclosure purposes, Notional Amount is calculated by multiplying the Number of Contracts by the Strike Price by 100.
(4)
  The Fund may designate up to 100% of its Common Stock investments to cover outstanding Call Options Written.
ADR
  American Depositary Receipt.
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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    Statement of
ASSETS & LIABILITIES
                                                                                                              June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
                                 
    Equity
    Equity
    Equity
    Equity
    Premium
    Premium
    Premium
    Premium
    Income
    Opportunity
    Advantage
    and Growth
    (JPZ)     (JSN)     (JLA)     (JPG)
Assets
                               
Investments, at value (cost $586,249,797, $982,999,556, $361,543,870 and $284,082,699, respectively)
  $ 663,990,182     $ 1,173,845,170     $ 455,128,536     $ 291,594,194  
Receivables:
                               
Call options closed
    1,141,720                   2,419,483  
Dividends
    1,190,157       1,559,222       402,858       525,475  
Interest
    1,480       2,609       875       469  
Reclaims
          1,941       2,088       1,599  
Other assets
    36,582       55,576       21,714       14,632  
                                 
Total assets
    666,360,121       1,175,464,518       455,556,071       294,555,852  
                                 
Liabilities
                               
Call options written, at value (premiums received $20,999,485, $40,995,034, $17,524,932 and $7,542,838, respectively)
    2,799,005       5,641,574       2,496,728       1,006,150  
Accrued expenses:
                               
Management fees
    321,730       554,739       259,721       213,201  
Other
    190,741       362,531       148,868       92,171  
Dividends payable:
    13,352,739       24,118,769       9,706,713       6,076,356  
                                 
Total liabilities
    16,664,215       30,677,613       12,612,030       7,387,878  
                                 
Net assets
  $ 649,695,906     $ 1,144,786,905     $ 442,944,041     $ 287,167,974  
                                 
Shares outstanding
    38,682,087       66,537,837       26,114,541       16,536,342  
                                 
Net asset value per share outstanding
  $ 16.80     $ 17.21     $ 16.96     $ 17.37  
                                 
                                 
Net assets consist of:
                               
                                 
Shares, $.01 par value per share
  $ 386,821     $ 665,378     $ 261,145     $ 165,363  
Paid-in surplus
    589,439,301       1,009,666,264       396,671,399       282,275,348  
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income
    (23,802,296 )     (46,004,967 )     (20,191,140 )     (10,677,105 )
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) from investments, foreign currencies and
call options written
    (12,268,785 )     (45,738,844 )     (42,410,233 )     1,356,185  
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, foreign currencies and
call options written
    95,940,865       226,199,074       108,612,870       14,048,183  
                                 
Net assets
  $ 649,695,906     $ 1,144,786,905     $ 442,944,041     $ 287,167,974  
                                 
Authorized shares
    Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited       Unlimited  
                                 
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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    Statement of
OPERATIONS
                      
                      Six months ended June 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
                                 
    Equity
    Equity
    Equity
    Equity
    Premium
    Premium
    Premium
    Premium
    Income
    Opportunity
    Advantage
    and Growth
    (JPZ)     (JSN)     (JLA)     (JPG)
Investment Income
                               
Dividends (net of foreign tax withheld of $3,346, $46,614,
$3,963 and $20,677, respectively)
  $ 8,952,752     $ 12,746,029     $ 3,581,933     $ 4,008,706  
Interest
    394,764       650,317       229,465       135,894  
                                 
Total investment income
    9,347,516       13,396,346       3,811,398       4,144,600  
                                 
Expenses
                               
Management fees
    2,974,393       5,114,479       2,021,853       1,308,279  
Shareholders’ servicing agent fees and expenses
    597       917       269       155  
Custodian’s fees and expenses
    62,467       103,707       56,304       33,120  
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    8,158       11,711       5,402       2,695  
Professional fees
    20,849       33,578       16,426       12,356  
Shareholders’ reports – printing and mailing expenses
    67,702       122,062       42,635       26,492  
Stock exchange listing fees
    6,930       12,013       4,585       4,639  
Investor relations expense
    58,800       105,198       39,023       19,224  
Other expenses
    29,522       123,095       79,558       23,880  
                                 
Total expenses before custodian fee credit and expense reimbursement
    3,229,418       5,626,760       2,266,055       1,430,840  
Custodian fee credit
    (10,152 )     (15,385 )     (4,297 )     (3,572 )
Expense reimbursement
    (1,015,124 )     (1,769,156 )     (456,580 )      
                                 
Net expenses
    2,204,142       3,842,219       1,805,178       1,427,268  
                                 
Net investment income
    7,143,374       9,554,127       2,006,220       2,717,332  
                                 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
                               
Net realized gain (loss) from:
                               
Investments and foreign currencies
    (5,561,899 )     (12,342,558 )     963,482       (211,002 )
Option contracts written
    48,036,509       71,603,014       23,538,314       17,584,322  
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:
                               
Investments and foreign currencies
    (88,535,864 )     (128,239,814 )     (55,512,661 )     (42,967,361 )
Option contracts written
    11,626,100       22,244,315       9,148,047       4,138,885  
                                 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (34,435,154 )     (46,735,043 )     (21,862,818 )     (21,455,156 )
                                 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations
  $ (27,291,780 )   $ (37,180,916 )   $ (19,856,598 )   $ (18,737,824 )
                                 
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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    Statement of
CHANGES in NET ASSETS (Unaudited)
 
                                 
    Equity Premium
    Equity Premium
    Income (JPZ)     Opportunity (JSN)
    Six Months Ended
    Year Ended
    Six Months Ended
    Year Ended
    6/30/08     12/31/07     6/30/08     12/31/07
Operations
                               
Net investment income
  $ 7,143,374     $ 16,953,460     $ 9,554,127     $ 23,817,103  
Net realized gain (loss) from:
                               
Investments and foreign currencies
    (5,561,899 )     (13,563,781 )     (12,342,558 )     (18,391,814 )
Call options written
    48,036,509       22,261,445       71,603,014       20,438,733  
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:
                               
Investments and foreign currencies
    (88,535,864 )     20,276,394       (128,239,814 )     98,725,088  
Call options written
    11,626,100       8,645,145       22,244,315       9,298,040  
                                 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations
    (27,291,780 )     54,572,663       (37,180,916 )     133,887,150  
                                 
Distributions to Shareholders
                               
From and in excess of net investment income
    (30,945,670 )           (55,559,094 )      
From net investment income
          (20,649,838 )           (23,107,788 )
Tax return of capital
          (45,224,870 )           (94,982,869 )
                                 
Decrease in net assets from distributions to shareholders
    (30,945,670 )     (65,874,708 )     (55,559,094 )     (118,090,657 )
                                 
Capital Share Transactions
                               
Offering costs adjustments
                       
Net proceeds from shares issued to shareholders due to
reinvestment of distributions
          3,555,475             7,009,592  
                                 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions
          3,555,475             7,009,592  
                                 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
    (58,237,450 )     (7,746,570 )     (92,740,010 )     22,806,085  
                                 
Net assets at the beginning of period
    707,933,356       715,679,926       1,237,526,915       1,214,720,830  
                                 
Net assets at the end of period
  $ 649,695,906     $ 707,933,356     $ 1,144,786,905       1,237,526,915  
                                 
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income at the end of period
  $ (23,802,296 )   $     $ (46,004,967 )   $  
                                 
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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    Statement of
CHANGES in NET ASSETS (continued) (Unaudited)

 
                                 
    Equity Premium
    Equity Premium
    Advantage (JLA)     and Growth (JPG)
    Six Months Ended
    Year Ended
    Six Months Ended
    Year Ended
    6/30/08     12/31/07     6/30/08     12/31/07
Operations
                               
Net investment income
  $ 2,006,220     $ 5,736,038     $ 2,717,332     $ 11,136,925  
Net realized gain (loss) from:
                               
Investments and foreign currencies
    963,482       (10,102,981 )     (211,002 )     (5,678,097 )
Call options written
    23,538,314       1,293,676       17,584,322       8,652,428  
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:
                               
Investments and foreign currencies
    (55,512,661 )     54,682,070       (42,967,361 )     4,660,601  
Call options written
    9,148,047       1,454,582       4,138,885       3,137,058  
                                 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations
    (19,856,598 )     53,063,385       (18,737,824 )     21,908,915  
                                 
Distributions to Shareholders
                               
From and in excess of net investment income
    (22,197,360 )           (13,394,437 )      
From net investment income
          (5,456,558 )           (13,005,997 )
Tax return of capital
          (41,746,860 )           (13,774,719 )
                                 
Decrease in net assets from distributions to shareholders
    (22,197,360 )     (47,203,418 )     (13,394,437 )     (26,780,716 )
                                 
Capital Share Transactions
                               
Offering costs adjustments
                      (11,071 )
Net proceeds from shares issued to shareholders due to
reinvestment of distributions
          4,357,324             614,101  
                                 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions
          4,357,324             603,030  
                                 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
    (42,053,958 )     10,217,291       (32,132,261 )     (4,268,771 )
                                 
Net assets at the beginning of period
    484,997,999       474,780,708       319,300,235       323,569,006  
                                 
Net assets at the end of period
  $ 442,944,041     $ 484,997,999     $ 287,167,974     $ 319,300,235  
                                 
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income at the end of period
  $ (20,191,140 )   $     $ (10,677,105 )   $  
                                 
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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    Notes to
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
 
1.  General Information and Significant Accounting Policies
The funds covered in this report and their corresponding New York Stock Exchange symbols are Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund (JPZ), Nuveen Equity Premium Opportunity Fund (JSN), Nuveen Equity Premium Advantage Fund (JLA) and Nuveen Equity Premium and Growth Fund (JPG) (collectively, the “Funds”). The Funds are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as diversified, closed-end management investment companies.
 
Each Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income and gains by investing primarily in a diversified equity portfolio that seeks to substantially replicate price movements of either the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index or a weighted average of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and the NASDAQ-100 Index and is designed to support the Funds’ index option strategies. On November 21, 2007, the Funds announced their intention to begin gradually phasing-out the put option component of their investment strategy. The Funds completed the gradual phase-out during the first calendar quarter of 2008. The Funds will continue to follow their integrated stock-call option strategy, buying stocks and selling index call options in pursuit of attractive distributions and more stable returns than an all-equity portfolio.
 
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
 
Investment Valuation
Exchange-listed securities are generally valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities traded on a securities exchange for which there are no transactions on a given day or securities not listed on a securities exchange are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Securities traded on Nasdaq are valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price. The value of options written are based on the last sale price in the case of exchange-traded options or, in the case of options traded in the OTC market, the last asked price. If the pricing service is unable to supply a price for an investment or derivative instrument the Funds may use market quotes provided by major broker/dealers in such investments. If it is determined that the market price for an investment or derivative instrument is unavailable or inappropriate, the Fund’s Board of Trustees, or its designee, may establish fair value in accordance with procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees. Short-term investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
 
Index options are generally valued at the average of the closing bid and asked quotations. The close of trading of index options traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange normally occurs at 4:15 ET, which is different from the normal 4:00 ET close of the NYSE (the time of day as of which each Fund’s NAV is calculated). Under normal market circumstances, closing index option quotations are considered to reflect the index option contract values as of the close of the NYSE and will be used to value the option contracts. However, a significant change in the S&P 500 or NASDAQ-100 futures contracts between the NYSE close and the options market close will be considered as an indication that closing market quotations for index options do not reflect the value of the contracts as of the stock market close. In the event of such a significant change, the Fund’s Board of Trustees, or its designee, will determine a value for the options. Any such valuation will likely take into account any information that may be available about the actual trading price of the affected option as of 4:00 ET, and if no such information is reliably available, the valuation of the option may take into account various option pricing methodologies, as determined to be appropriate under the circumstances.
 
Investment Transactions
Investment transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are determined on the specific identification method.
 
Investment Income
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or, for foreign securities, when information is available. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis.
 
Income Taxes
Each Fund is a separate taxpayer for federal income tax purposes. Each Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income to shareholders. In any year when the Funds realize net capital gains, each Fund may choose to distribute all or a portion of its net capital gains to shareholders, or alternatively, to retain all or a portion of its net capital gains and pay federal corporate income taxes on such retained gains.
 
Effective June 29, 2007, the Funds adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Interpretation No. 48 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (FIN 48). FIN 48 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. FIN 48 requires the affirmative evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be

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    Notes to
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) (Unaudited)

taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether it is “more-likely-than-not” (i.e., a greater than 50-percent likelihood) of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold may result in a tax expense in the current year.
 
Implementation of FIN 48 required management of the Funds to analyze all open tax years, as defined by the statute of limitations, for all major jurisdictions, which includes federal and certain states. Open tax years are those that are open for examination by taxing authorities (i.e., generally, the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then). The Funds have no examinations in progress.
 
For all open tax years and all major taxing jurisdictions through the end of the reporting period, management of the Funds has reviewed all tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the preparation of the Funds’ tax returns and concluded the adoption of FIN 48 resulted in no impact to the Funds’ net assets or results of operations as of and during the six months ended June 30, 2008.
 
The Funds are also not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
 
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders
Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal corporate income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
 
The Funds make quarterly cash distributions to shareholders of a stated dollar amount per share. Subject to approval and oversight by the Funds’ Board of Trustees, each Fund seeks to maintain a stable distribution level designed to deliver the long-term return potential of each Fund’s investment strategy through regular quarterly distributions (a “Managed Distribution Program”). Total distributions during a calendar year generally will be made from each Fund’s net investment income, net realized capital gains and net unrealized capital gains in the Fund’s portfolio, if any. The portion of distributions paid from net unrealized gains, if any, would be distributed from the Fund’s assets and would be treated by shareholders as a non-taxable distribution for tax purposes. In the event that total distributions during a calendar year exceed a Fund’s total return on net asset value, the difference will be treated as a return of capital for tax purposes and will reduce net asset value per share. If a Fund’s total return on net asset value exceeds total distributions during a calendar year, the excess will be reflected as an increase in net asset value per share. The final determination of the source and character of all distributions for the fiscal year are made after the end of the fiscal year and are reflected in the financial statements contained in the annual report as of December 31 each year.
 
The actual character of distributions made by the Funds during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, is reflected in the accompanying financial statements.
 
The distributions made by the Funds during the six months ended June 30, 2008, are provisionally classified as being “From and in excess of net investment income”, and those distributions will be classified as being from net investment income, net realized capital gains and/or a return of capital for tax purposes after the fiscal year end. For purposes of calculating “Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income” as of June 30, 2008, the distribution amounts provisionally classified as “From and in excess of net investment income” were treated as being entirely from net investment income. Consequently, the financial statements at June 30, 2008, reflect an over-distribution of net investment income.
 
Foreign Currency Transactions
The Funds are authorized to engage in foreign currency exchange transactions, including foreign currency forward, futures, options and swap contracts. To the extent that the Funds invest in securities and/or contracts that are denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the Funds will be subject to currency risk, which is the risk that an increase in the U.S. dollar relative to the foreign currency will reduce returns or portfolio value. Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the Fund’s investments denominated in that currency will lose value because its currency is worth fewer U.S. dollars; the opposite effect occurs if the U.S. dollar falls in relative value. Investments and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars on a spot (i.e. cash) basis at the spot rate prevailing in the foreign currency exchange market at the time of valuation. Purchases and sales of investments and income denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions. The gains or losses resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates, if any, are included in “Realized gain (loss) from investments and foreign currencies” and “Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and foreign currencies” on the Statement of Operations.
 
The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies, investments and other assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Investments and income and expenses are translated on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized foreign currency gains and losses resulting from changes in exchange rates include foreign currency

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gains and losses between trade date and settlement date of the transactions, foreign currency transactions, and the difference between the amounts of interest and dividends recorded on the books of the Fund and the amounts actually received.
 
Option Transactions
Each Fund is authorized to purchase index put options and write (sell) index call options. The purchase of put options involves the risk of loss of all or part of the cash paid for the options. Put options purchased are accounted for in the same manner as portfolio securities.
 
When a Fund writes a call option, an amount equal to the net premium received (the premium less commission) is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to reflect the current value of the written option until the option expires or the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction. When a call option expires or a Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, the difference between the net premium received and any amount paid at expiration or on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including commission, is treated as a net realized gain on option contracts written or, if the net premium received is less than the amount paid, as a net realized loss on option contracts written. The Fund, as writer of a call option, bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the market value of the security or index underlying the written option. There is the risk the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid market.
 
Repurchase Agreements
In connection with transactions in repurchase agreements, it is the Funds’ policy that its custodian take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the fair value of which exceeds the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest, at all times. If the seller defaults, and the fair value of the collateral declines, realization of the collateral may be delayed or limited.
 
Custodian Fee Credit
Each Fund has an arrangement with the custodian bank whereby certain custodian fees and expenses are reduced by net credits earned on each Fund’s cash on deposit with the bank. Such deposit arrangements are an alternative to overnight investments. Credits for cash balances may be offset by charges for any days on which a Fund overdraws its account at the custodian bank.
 
Indemnifications
Under the Funds’ organizational documents, their Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.
 
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.
 
2.  Fair Value Measurements
During the current fiscal period, the Funds adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. In determining the value of each Fund’s investments various inputs are used. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
  Level 1 —  Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
 
  Level 2 —  Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
 
  Level 3 —  Significant unobservable inputs (including management’s assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
The following is a summary of each Fund’s fair value measurements as of June 30, 2008:
 
                                 
JPZ   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Investments
  $ 663,990,182     $     $     $ 663,990,182  
Call options written
    (2,799,005 )                 (2,799,005 )
                                 
Total
  $ 661,191,177     $     $     $ 661,191,177  
                                 
 

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    Notes to
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) (Unaudited)

                                 
JSN   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Investments
  $ 1,173,845,170     $     $     $ 1,173,845,170  
Call options written
    (5,641,574 )                 (5,641,574 )
                                 
Total
  $ 1,168,203,596     $     $     $ 1,168,203,596  
                                 

 
                                 
JLA   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Investments
  $ 455,128,536     $     $     $ 455,128,536  
Call options written
    (2,496,728 )                 (2,496,728 )
                                 
Total
  $ 452,631,808     $     $     $ 452,631,808  
                                 
 
                                 
JPG   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Investments
  $ 291,552,581     $ 41,613     $     $ 291,594,194  
Call options written
    (1,006,150 )                 (1,006,150 )
                                 
Total
  $ 290,546,431     $ 41,613     $     $ 290,588,044  
                                 
 
3.  Fund Shares
Transactions in shares were as follows:
 
                                   
    Equity Premium
  Equity Premium
 
    Income (JPZ)   Opportunity (JSN)  
    Six Months
  Year
  Six Months
  Year
 
    Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
 
    6/30/08   12/31/07   6/30/08   12/31/07  
Shares issued to shareholders due
to reinvestment of distributions
          191,170             381,737    
                                   
 
                                   
    Equity Premium
  Equity Premium
 
    Advantage (JLA)   and Growth (JPG)  
    Six Months
  Year
  Six Months
  Year
 
    Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
 
    6/30/08   12/31/07   6/30/08   12/31/07  
Shares issued to shareholders due
to reinvestment of distributions
          236,789             31,102    
                                   
 
4.  Investment Transactions
Purchases and sales (excluding put options, call options written and short-term investments) during the six months ended June 30, 2008, were as follows:
 
                                   
    Equity
  Equity
  Equity
  Equity
 
    Premium
  Premium
  Premium
  Premium
 
    Income
  Opportunity
  Advantage
  and Growth
 
    (JPZ)   (JSN)   (JLA)   (JPG)  
Purchases
    $49,901,235       $104,762,178       $30,339,245       $35,948,268    
Sales
    10,848,543       42,691,771       10,980,683       23,432,119    
                                   
 
Transactions in call options written during the six months ended June 30, 2008, were as follows:
 
                                   
    Equity Premium
  Equity Premium
 
    Income (JPZ)   Opportunity (JSN)  
    Number of
  Premiums
  Number of
  Premiums
 
    Contracts   Received   Contracts   Received  
Outstanding, beginning of period
    4,652       $22,205,750       12,991       $41,558,293    
Options written
    17,155       59,324,857       48,572       110,395,253    
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions
    (12,851 )     (44,086,928 )     (35,108 )     (79,875,502 )  
Options expired
    (4,106 )     (16,444,194 )     (11,970 )     (31,083,010 )  
                                   
Outstanding, end of period
    4,850       $20,999,485       14,485       $40,995,034    
                                   

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    Equity Premium
  Equity Premium
 
    Advantage (JLA)   and Growth (JPG)  
    Number of
  Premiums
  Number of
  Premiums
 
    Contracts   Received   Contracts   Received  
                                   
Outstanding, beginning of period
    5,908       $17,591,180       1,711       $8,134,443    
Options written
    23,235       45,726,866       6,210       21,581,858    
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions
    (18,091 )     (32,003,944 )     (4,771 )     (16,504,184 )  
Options expired
    (4,191 )     (13,789,170 )     (1,409 )     (5,669,279 )  
                                   
Outstanding, end of period
    6,861       $17,524,932       1,741       $7,542,838    
                                   
 
5.  Income Tax Information
The following information is presented on an income tax basis. Differences between amounts for financial statement and federal income tax purposes are primarily due to timing differences in recording income, timing differences in recognizing certain gains and losses on investment transactions and the recognition of unrealized gain or loss for tax (mark-to-market) on option contracts. To the extent that differences arise that are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities presented in the annual report, based on their federal tax basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification. Temporary and permanent differences do not impact the net asset values of the Funds.
 
At June 30, 2008, the cost of investments (excluding call options written) was as follows:
 
                                   
    Equity
    Equity
    Equity
    Equity
 
    Premium
    Premium
    Premium
    Premium
 
    Income
    Opportunity
    Advantage
    and Growth
 
    (JPZ)     (JSN)     (JLA)     (JPG)  
Cost of Investments
    $586,249,826       $982,999,587       $361,543,879       $284,082,699    
                                   
 
Gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation of investments (excluding call options written) at June 30, 2008, were as follows:
 
                                   
    Equity
  Equity
  Equity
  Equity
 
    Premium
  Premium
  Premium
  Premium
 
    Income
  Opportunity
  Advantage
  and Growth
 
    (JPZ)   (JSN)   (JLA)   (JPG)  
Gross unrealized:
                                 
Appreciation
    $143,408,007       $282,260,465       $123,477,783       $39,960,151    
Depreciation
    (65,667,651 )     (91,414,882 )     (29,893,126 )     (32,448,656 )  
 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments
    $77,740,356       $190,845,583       $93,584,657       $7,511,495    
                                   
 
The tax components of undistributed net ordinary income and net long-term capital gains at December 31, 2007, the Funds’ last tax year end, were as follows:
 
                                   
    Equity
    Equity
    Equity
    Equity
 
    Premium
    Premium
    Premium
    Premium
 
    Income
    Opportunity
    Advantage
    and Growth
 
    (JPZ)     (JSN)     (JLA)     (JPG)  
Undistributed net ordinary income *
    $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
Undistributed net long-term capital gains
                         
                                   
 
*   Net ordinary income consists of net taxable income derived from dividends, interest, and net short-term capital gains, if any.
 
The tax character of distributions paid during the Funds’ last tax year ended December 31, 2007, was designated for purposes of the dividends paid deduction as follows:
 
                                   
    Equity
    Equity
    Equity
    Equity
 
    Premium
    Premium
    Premium
    Premium
 
    Income
    Opportunity
    Advantage
    and Growth
 
    (JPZ)     (JSN)     (JLA)     (JPG)  
   
Distributions from net ordinary income *
    $20,649,838       23,107,788       5,456,558       13,005,997    
Tax return of capital
    45,224,870       94,982,869       41,746,860       13,774,719    
 
 
 
*   Net ordinary income consists of net taxable income derived from dividends, interest, and net short-term capital gains, if any.

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    Notes to
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) (Unaudited)

 
At December 31, 2007, the Funds’ last tax year end, the Funds had unused capital loss carryforwards available for federal income tax purposes to be applied against future capital gains, if any. If not applied, the carryforwards will expire as follows:
 
                                   
    Equity
    Equity
    Equity
    Equity
 
    Premium
    Premium
    Premium
    Premium
 
    Income
    Opportunity
    Advantage
    and Growth
 
    (JPZ)     (JSN)     (JLA)     (JPG)  
Expiration:
                                 
December 31, 2013
    $ 2,993,379       $        —       $        —       $        —    
December 31, 2014
    48,509,922       88,351,637       49,316,814       14,840,175    
December 31, 2015
          9,003,505       13,730,872          
                                   
Total
    $51,503,301       $97,355,142       $63,047,686       $14,840,175    
                                   
 
6.  Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Each Fund’s management fee is separated into two components – a complex-level component, based on the aggregate amount of all fund assets managed by Nuveen Asset Management (the “Adviser”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (“Nuveen”), and a specific fund-level component, based only on the amount of assets within each individual Fund. This pricing structure enables Nuveen fund shareholders to benefit from growth in the assets within each individual fund as well as from growth in the amount of complex-wide assets managed by the Adviser.
 
The annual fund-level fee, payable monthly, for each Fund is based upon the average daily Managed Assets of each Fund as follows:
 
         
    Equity Premium Income (JPZ)
    Equity Premium Opportunity (JSN)
    Equity Premium Advantage (JLA)
Average Daily Managed Assets   Fund-Level Fee Rate
For the first $500 million
    .7000 %
For the next $500 million
    .6750  
For the next $500 million
    .6500  
For the next $500 million
    .6250  
For Managed Assets over $2 billion
    .6000  
         
 
         
Average Daily Managed Assets   Equity Premium and Growth (JPG) Fund-Level Fee Rate
For the first $500 million
    .6800 %
For the next $500 million
    .6550  
For the next $500 million
    .6300  
For the next $500 million
    .6050  
For Managed Assets over $2 billion
    .5800  
         
 
The annual complex-level fee, payable monthly, which is additive to the fund-level fee, for all Nuveen sponsored funds in the U.S., is based on the aggregate amount of total fund assets managed as stated in the table below. As of June 30, 2008, the complex-level fee rate was .1868%.

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The complex-level fee schedule is as follows:
 
         
Complex-Level Asset Breakpoint Level (1)   Effective Rate at Breakpoint Level
$55 billion
    .2000 %
$56 billion
    .1996  
$57 billion
    .1989  
$60 billion
    .1961  
$63 billion
    .1931  
$66 billion
    .1900  
$71 billion
    .1851  
$76 billion
    .1806  
$80 billion
    .1773  
$91 billion
    .1691  
$125 billion
    .1599  
$200 billion
    .1505  
$250 billion
    .1469  
$300 billion
    .1445  
         
(1)  The complex-level fee component of the management fee for the funds is calculated based upon the aggregate Managed Assets (“Managed Assets” means the average daily net assets of each fund including assets attributable to preferred stock issued by or borrowings by the Nuveen funds) of Nuveen sponsored funds in the U.S.
 
The management fee compensates the Adviser for overall investment advisory and administrative services and general office facilities. The Adviser is responsible for the overall strategy and asset allocation decisions. The Adviser has entered into a Sub-Advisory Agreement with Gateway Investment Advisers, L.P. (“Gateway”), under which Gateway manages the portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio allocated to common stocks. Gateway is compensated for its services to the Fund from the management fee paid to the Adviser.
 
The Fund pays no compensation directly to those of its Trustees who are affiliated with the Adviser or to its Officers, all of whom receive remuneration for their services to the Fund from the Adviser or its affiliates. The Board of Trustees has adopted a deferred compensation plan for independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from certain Nuveen advised funds. Under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of select Nuveen advised funds.
 
For the first eight years of Equity Premium Income’s (JPZ) operations, the Adviser has agreed to reimburse the Fund, as a percentage of average daily Managed Assets, for fees and expenses in the amounts and for the time periods set forth below:
 
                     
Year Ending
      Year Ending
   
October 31,       October 31,    
2004 *
    .30 %   2009     .30 %
2005
    .30     2010     .22  
2006
    .30     2011     .14  
2007
    .30     2012     .07  
2008
    .30              
                     
From the commencement of operations.
 
The Adviser has not agreed to reimburse Equity Premium Income (JPZ) for any portion of its fees and expenses beyond October 31, 2012.
 
For the first eight years of Equity Premium Opportunity’s (JSN) operations, the Adviser has agreed to reimburse the Fund, as a percentage of average daily Managed Assets, for fees and expenses in the amounts and for the time periods set forth below:
 
                     
Year Ending
      Year Ending
   
January 31,       January 31,    
2005 *
    .30 %   2010     .30 %
2006
    .30     2011     .22  
2007
    .30     2012     .14  
2008
    .30     2013     .07  
2009
    .30              
                     
From the commencement of operations.
 
The Adviser has not agreed to reimburse Equity Premium Opportunity (JSN) for any portion of its fees and expenses beyond January 31, 2013.

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    Notes to
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) (Unaudited)

 
For the first six years of Equity Premium Advantage’s (JLA) operations, the Adviser has agreed to reimburse the Fund, as a percentage of average daily Managed Assets, for fees and expenses in the amounts and for the time periods set forth below:
 
                     
Year Ending
      Year Ending
   
May 31,       May 31,    
2005 *
    .20 %   2009     .20 %
2006
    .20     2010     .20  
2007
    .20     2011     .10  
2008
    .20              
                     
From the commencement of operations.
 
The Adviser has not agreed to reimburse Equity Premium Advantage (JLA) for any portion of its fees and expenses beyond May 31, 2011.
 
Related Party Holdings
Nuveen is owned by an investor group led by Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC. An affiliate of Merrill Lynch & Co., as part of this investor group, owns more than 5% of Nuveen’s common stock. As a result, Merrill Lynch is an indirect “affiliated person” (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of each Fund.
 
At June 30, 2008, Equity Premium Income (JPZ) owned 26,500 shares of Merrill Lynch and Co., Inc. common stock with a market value of $840,315. Total income earned by Equity Premium Income (JPZ) from such securities amounted to $18,550, and is included in dividend income on the Statement of Operations.
 
7.  New Accounting Pronouncement
Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161
In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” This standard is intended to enhance financial statement disclosures for derivative instruments and hedging activities and enable investors to understand: a) how and why a fund uses derivative instruments, b) how derivative instruments and related hedge items are accounted for, and c) how derivative instruments and related hedge items affect a fund’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. As of June 30, 2008, management does not believe the adoption of SFAS No. 161 will impact the financial statement amounts; however, additional footnote disclosures may be required about the use of derivative instruments and hedging items.
 
8.  Subsequent Events
Common Share Repurchases
The Board of Directors/Trustees for each of Nuveen’s 120 closed-end funds approved a program, effective August 7, 2008, under which each fund may repurchase up to 10% of its common shares.

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    Financial
HIGHLIGHTS (Unaudited)

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    Financial
HIGHLIGHTS (Unaudited)
     Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period:
 
                                                                                       
          Investment Operations     Less Distributions                  
                Net
                                           
    Beginning
    Net
    Realized/
        Net
          Tax
              Ending
    Ending
    Net Asset
    Investment
    Unrealized
        Investment
    Capital
    Return of
        Offering
    Net Asset
    Market
    Value     Income(a)     Gain (Loss)   Total     Income     Gains     Capital   Total     Costs     Value     Value
Equity Premium Income (JPZ)
                                                                                       
Year Ended 12/31:
                                                                                     
2008(f)
  $ 18.30       $.18 ******   $ (.88 )   $ (.70 )   $ (.80 )******     $ —     $     $ (.80 )   $       $16.80     $ 14.94
2007
    18.59       .44       .98       1.42       (.54 )           (1.17 )     (1.71 )           18.30       16.41
2006
    18.48       .43       1.39       1.82       (.43 )           (1.28 )     (1.71 )     **     18.59       19.22
2005
    19.28       .42       .48       .90       (.40 )           (1.30 )     (1.70 )     **     18.48       17.38
2004(b)
    19.10       .12       .24       .36       (.15 )           —*       (.15 )     (.03 )     19.28       20.25
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
Equity Premium Opportunity (JSN)
                                                                                       
Year Ended 12/31:
                                                                                     
2008(f)
    18.60       .14 ******     (.69 )     (.55 )     (.84 )******                 (.84 )           17.21     $ 15.35
2007
    18.36       .36       1.66       2.02       (.35 )           (1.43 )     (1.78 )           18.60       16.34
2006
    18.66       .32       1.16       1.48       (.32 )           (1.46 )     (1.78 )     **     18.36       18.62
2005(c)
    19.10       .30       .78       1.08       (.30 )     (.15 )     (1.05 )     (1.50 )     (.02 )     18.66       17.39
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
Equity Premium Advantage (JLA)
                                                                                       
Year Ended 12/31:
                                                                                     
2008(f)
    18.57       .08 ******     (.84 )     (.76 )     (.85 )******                 (.85 )           16.96     $ 15.35
2007
    18.35       .22       1.82       2.04       (.21 )           (1.61 )     (1.82 )           18.57       16.45
2006
    18.84       .20       1.13       1.33       (.20 )           (1.62 )     (1.82 )     **     18.35       19.20
2005(d)
    19.10       .10       .60       .70       (.10 )     (.13 )     (.69 )     (.92 )     (.04 )     18.84       17.56
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
Equity Premium and Growth (JPG)
                                                                                       
Year Ended 12/31:
                                                                                     
2008(f)
    19.31       .16 ******     (1.29 )     (1.13 )     (.81 )******                 (.81 )           17.37     $ 15.37
2007
    19.60       .68       .65       1.33       (.79 )           (.83 )     (1.62 )     **     19.31       17.13
2006
    19.04       .46       1.72       2.18       (.49 )     (.14 )     (.99 )     (1.62 )           19.60       19.38
2005(e)
    19.10       .04       (.06 )     (.02 )                             (.04 )     19.04       17.25
                                                                                       

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                Ratios/Supplemental Data  
    Total Returns           Ratios to Average Net Assets Before Credit/Reimbursement     Ratios to Average Net Assets After Credit/Reimbursement****        
          Based
                                     
    Based
    on
                                     
    on
    Net
    Ending
          Net
          Net
    Portfolio
 
    Market
    Asset
    Net Assets
          Investment
          Investment
    Turnover
 
    Value***     Value***     (000)     Expenses     Income     Expenses     Income     Rate  
 
                                                                 
                                                                 
      (4.11 )%     (3.87 )%   $ 649,696       .96 %*****     1.81 %*****     .65 %*****     2.11 %*****     2 %
      (6.07 )     7.80       707,933       .95       2.05       .65       2.35       7  
      21.30       10.22       715,680       .96       1.99       .66       2.30       23  
      (6.12 )     4.88       708,049       .96       1.93       .65       2.25       29  
      1.96       1.68       723,894       1.07 *****     3.49 *****     .73 *****     3.82 *****     1  
                                                                 
                                                                 
 
                                                                 
                                                                 
      (.91 )     (3.00 )     1,144,787       .96 *****     1.32 *****     .65 *****     1.62 *****     4  
      (3.03 )     11.35       1,237,527       .94       1.62       .64       1.93       4  
      17.86       8.28       1,214,721       .95       1.41       .65       1.72       8  
      (5.90 )     5.65       1,225,535       .95 *****     1.40 *****     .63 *****     1.72 *****     16  
                                                                 
                                                                 
 
                                                                 
                                                                 
      (1.48 )     (4.11 )     442,944       .99 *****     .68 *****     .79 *****     .88 *****     2  
      (5.15 )     11.50       484,998       .98       .99       .78       1.19       3  
      20.52       7.35       474,781       .99       .85       .78       1.06       26  
      (7.87 )     3.43       482,979       1.01 *****     .71 *****     .78 *****     .93 *****     9  
                                                                 
                                                                 
 
                                                                 
                                                                 
      (5.58 )     (5.92 )     287,168       .95 *****     1.80 *****     .95 *****     1.80 *****     8  
      (3.55 )     6.86       319,300       .95       3.40       .95       3.40       26  
      22.68       11.90       323,569       .96       2.34       .93       2.37       37  
      (13.75 )     (.31 )     314,202       1.11 *****     2.08 *****     1.11 *****     2.08 *****      
                                                                 
 
*   Tax Return of Capital rounds to less than $.01 per share.
**  Offering Costs rounds to less than $.01 per share.
***  Total Return Based on Market Value is the combination of changes in the market price per share and the effect of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions, if any, at the average price paid per share at the time of reinvestment. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending market price. The actual reinvestment for the last dividend declared in the period may take place over several days, and in some instances may not be based on the market price, so the actual reinvestment price may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.
 
Total Return Based on Net Asset Value is the combination of changes in net asset value, reinvested dividend income at net asset value and reinvested capital gains distributions at net asset value, if any. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending net asset value. The actual reinvest price for the last dividend declared in the period may often be based on the Fund’s market price (and not its net asset value), and therefore may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.
****  After custodian fee credit and expense reimbursement, where applicable.
*****  Annualized.
******  Represents distributions paid “From and in excess of net investment income” for the six months ended June 30, 2008.
(a)  Per share Net Investment Income is calculated using the average daily shares method.
(b)  For the period October 26, 2004 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2004.
(c)  For the period January 26, 2005 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2005.
(d)  For the period May 25, 2005 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2005.
(e)  For the period November 22, 2005 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2005.
(f)  For the six months ended June 30, 2008.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Management Agreement
APPROVAL PROCESS
 

 
 
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), provides, in substance, that each investment advisory agreement between a fund and its investment adviser (including sub-advisers) will continue in effect from year to year only if its continuance is approved at least annually by the fund’s board members, including by a vote of a majority of the board members who are not parties to the advisory agreement or “interested persons” of any parties (the “Independent Board Members”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such approval. In connection with such approvals, the fund’s board members must request and evaluate, and the investment adviser is required to furnish, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the advisory agreement. Accordingly, at a meeting held on May 28-29, 2008 (the “May Meeting”), the Boards of Trustees (each, a “Board” and each Trustee, a “Board Member”) of the Funds, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, considered and approved the continuation of the advisory and sub-advisory agreements for the Funds for an additional one-year period. These agreements include the investment advisory agreements between Nuveen Asset Management (“NAM”) and each Fund and the sub-advisory agreements between NAM and Gateway Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”). In preparation for their considerations at the May Meeting, the Board also held a separate meeting on April 23, 2008 (the “April Meeting”). Accordingly, the factors considered and determinations made regarding the renewals by the Independent Board Members include those made at the April Meeting.
 
In addition, in evaluating the applicable advisory agreements (each an “Investment Management Agreement”) and sub-advisory agreements (each a “Sub-Advisory Agreement,” and each Investment Management Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement, an “Advisory Agreement”), as described in further detail below, the Independent Board Members reviewed a broad range of information relating to the Funds, NAM and the Sub-Adviser (NAM and the Sub-Adviser are each a “Fund Adviser”), including absolute performance, fee and expense information for the Funds as well as comparative performance, fee and expense information for a comparable peer group of funds, the performance information of recognized and/or customized benchmarks (as applicable), the profitability of Nuveen for its advisory activities (which includes its wholly owned subsidiaries), and other information regarding the organization, personnel, and services provided by the respective Fund Adviser. The Independent Board Members also met quarterly as well as at other times as the need arose during the year and took into account the information provided at such meetings and the knowledge gained therefrom. Prior to approving the renewal of the Advisory Agreements, the Independent Board Members reviewed the foregoing information with their independent legal counsel and with management, reviewed materials from independent legal counsel describing applicable law and their duties in reviewing advisory contracts, and met with independent legal counsel in private sessions without management present. The Independent Board Members considered the legal advice provided by independent legal counsel and relied upon their knowledge of the Fund Adviser, its services and the Funds resulting from their meetings and other interactions throughout the year and their own business judgment in determining the factors to be considered in evaluating the Advisory Agreements. Each Board Member may have accorded different weight to the various factors in reaching his or her conclusions with respect to a Fund’s Advisory Agreements. The Independent Board Members did not identify any single factor as all-important or controlling. The Independent Board Members’ considerations were instead based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information presented. The principal factors considered by the Board and its conclusions are described below.
 
A. Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
In considering renewal of the Investment Management Agreements, the Independent Board Members considered the nature, extent and quality of the Fund Adviser’s services, including advisory services and administrative services. The Independent Board Members reviewed materials outlining, among other things, NAM’s organization and business; the types of services that NAM or its affiliates provide and are expected to provide to the Funds; the performance record of the applicable Fund (as described in further detail below); and any initiatives Nuveen had taken for the applicable fund product line. With respect to personnel, the Independent Board Members evaluated the background, experience and track record of the Fund Adviser’s investment personnel. In this regard, the Independent Board Members considered the additional investment in personnel to support Nuveen fund advisory activities, including in operations, product

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management and marketing as well as related fund support functions, including sales, executive, finance, human resources and information technology. The Independent Board Members also reviewed information regarding portfolio manager compensation arrangements to evaluate NAM’s ability to attract and retain high quality investment personnel.
 
In evaluating the services of NAM, the Independent Board Members also considered NAM’s oversight of the performance, business activities and compliance of the Sub-Adviser, the ability to supervise the Funds’ other service providers and given the importance of compliance, NAM’s compliance program. Among other things, the Independent Board Members considered the report of the chief compliance officer regarding the Funds’ compliance policies and procedures.
 
In addition to advisory services, the Independent Board Members considered the quality of administrative services provided by NAM and its affiliates including product management, fund administration, oversight of service providers, shareholder services, administration of Board relations, regulatory and portfolio compliance and legal support.
 
The Independent Board Members reviewed an evaluation of the Sub-Adviser from NAM, including information as to the process followed by NAM in evaluating sub-advisers. The evaluation also included information relating to the Sub-Adviser’s organization, operations, personnel, assets under management, investment philosophy, strategies and techniques in managing the Funds, developments affecting the Sub-Adviser, and an analysis of the Sub-Adviser. As described in further detail below, the Board considered the performance of each Fund. The Board also recognized that the Sub-Advisory Agreements were essentially agreements for portfolio management services only and the Sub-Adviser was not expected to supply other significant administrative services to the Funds. In addition, the Independent Board Members noted that they anticipate visiting each sub-adviser to the Nuveen funds at least once over the course of a multiple-year rotation. The Independent Board Members further noted that NAM recommended the renewal of the applicable Sub-Advisory Agreements and considered the basis for such recommendations and any qualifications in connection therewith.
 
In addition to the foregoing services, the Independent Board Members also noted the additional services that NAM or its affiliates provide to closed-end funds, including, in particular, its secondary market support activities and the costs of such activities. The Independent Board Members recognized Nuveen’s continued commitment to supporting the secondary market for the common shares of its closed-end funds through a variety of programs designed to raise investor and analyst awareness and understanding of closed-end funds. These efforts include maintaining an investor relations program to timely provide information and education to financial advisers and investors; providing advertising and marketing for the closed-end funds; maintaining its closed-end fund website; and providing educational seminars. With respect to closed-end funds that utilize leverage through the issuance of auction rate preferred securities (“ARPS”), the Board has recognized the unprecedented market conditions in the auction rate market industry with the failure of the auction process. The Independent Board Members noted Nuveen’s efforts and the resources and personnel employed to analyze the situation, explore potential alternatives and develop and implement solutions that serve the interests of the affected funds and all of their respective shareholders. The Independent Board Members further noted Nuveen’s commitment and efforts to keep investors and financial advisers informed as to its progress in addressing the ARPS situation through, among other things, conference calls, press releases, and information posted on its website as well as its refinancing activities. The Independent Board Members also noted Nuveen’s continued support for holders of preferred shares of its closed-end funds by, among other things, seeking distribution for preferred shares with new market participants, managing relations with remarketing agents and the broker community, maintaining the leverage and risk management of leverage and maintaining systems necessary to test compliance with rating agency criteria.
 
Based on their review, the Independent Board Members found that, overall, the nature, extent and quality of services provided (and expected to be provided) to the respective Funds under the Investment Management Agreement or Sub-Advisory Agreement, as applicable, were satisfactory.
 
B. The Investment Performance of the Funds and Fund Advisers
The Board considered the investment performance of each Fund, including the Fund’s historic performance as well as its performance compared to funds with similar investment objectives (the “Performance Peer Group”) based on data

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Management Agreement
APPROVAL PROCESS (continued)
 

provided by an independent third party (as described below). In addition, the Independent Board Members reviewed the respective Fund’s historic performance compared to recognized and/or customized benchmarks (as applicable).
 
In evaluating the performance information, the Board considered whether the Fund has operated within its investment objectives and parameters and the impact that the investment mandates may have had on performance. In addition, in comparing a Fund’s performance with that of its Performance Peer Group, the Independent Board Members took into account that the closest Performance Peer Group in certain instances may not adequately reflect the respective fund’s investment objectives and strategies thereby hindering a meaningful comparison of the fund’s performance with that of the Performance Peer Group. These Performance Peer Groups include those for the Funds.
 
The Independent Board Members reviewed performance information including, among other things, total return information compared with the Fund’s Performance Peer Group as well as recognized and/or customized benchmarks (as appropriate) for the one-, three- and five-year periods (as applicable) ending December 31, 2007 and with the Fund’s Performance Peer Group for the quarter, one-, three-, and five- year periods ending March 31, 2008 (as applicable). This information supplemented the Fund performance information provided to the Board at each of its quarterly meetings. Based on their review, the Independent Board Members determined that the respective Fund’s investment performance over time had been satisfactory.
 
C. Fees, Expenses and Profitability
1. Fees and Expenses
The Board evaluated the management fees and expenses of each Fund reviewing, among other things, such Fund’s gross management fees (which take into account breakpoints), net management fees (which take into account fee waivers or reimbursements) and total expense ratios (before and after expense reimbursements and/or waivers) in absolute terms as well as compared to the gross management fees, net management fees (after waivers and/or reimbursements) and total expense ratios (before and after waivers) of a comparable universe of unaffiliated funds based on data provided by an independent data provider (the “Peer Universe”) and/or a more focused subset of funds therein (the “Peer Group”). The Independent Board Members further reviewed data regarding the construction of Peer Groups as well as the methods of measurement for the fee and expense analysis and the performance analysis. In reviewing the comparisons of fee and expense information, the Independent Board Members took into account that in certain instances various factors such as the size of the Fund relative to peers, the size and particular composition of the Peer Group, the investment objectives of the peers, expense anomalies, and the timing of information used may impact the comparative data, thereby limiting the ability to make a meaningful comparison. The Independent Board Members also considered, among other things, the differences in the use of leverage. In addition, in reviewing the fee schedule for a Fund, the Independent Board Members considered the fund-level and complex-wide breakpoint schedules (described in further detail below) and any fee waivers and reimbursements provided by Nuveen (applicable, in particular, for certain closed-end funds launched since 1999). Based on their review of the fee and expense information provided, the Independent Board Members determined that each Fund’s management fees and net total expense ratio were reasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund.
 
2. Comparisons with the Fees of Other Clients
The Independent Board Members further reviewed information regarding the nature of services and fee rates offered by NAM to other clients. Such clients include separately managed accounts (both retail and institutional accounts) and funds that are not offered by Nuveen but are sub-advised by one of Nuveen’s investment management teams. In evaluating the comparisons of fees, the Independent Board Members noted that the fee rates charged to the Funds and other clients vary, among other things, because of the different services involved and the additional regulatory and compliance requirements associated with registered investment companies, such as the Funds. Accordingly, the Independent Board Members considered the differences in the product types, including, but not limited to, the services provided, the structure and operations, product distribution and costs thereof, portfolio investment policies, investor profiles, account sizes and regulatory requirements. The Independent

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Board Members noted, in particular, that the range of services provided to the Funds (as discussed above) is much more extensive than that provided to separately managed accounts. Given the inherent differences in the products, particularly the extensive services provided to the Funds, the Independent Board Members believe such facts justify the different levels of fees.
 
In considering the fees of the Sub-Adviser, the Independent Board Members also considered the pricing schedule or fees that the Sub-Adviser charges for similar investment management services for other fund sponsors or clients (such as retail and/or institutional managed accounts) as applicable. The Independent Board Members also noted that with respect to sub-advisers unaffiliated with Nuveen, such as the Sub-Adviser, such fees were the result of arm’s-length negotiations.
 
3. Profitability of Fund Advisers
In conjunction with its review of fees, the Independent Board Members also considered the profitability of Nuveen for its advisory activities (which incorporated Nuveen’s wholly-owned affiliated sub-advisers) and its financial condition. The Independent Board Members reviewed the revenues and expenses of Nuveen’s advisory activities for the last two years and the allocation methodology used in preparing the profitability data. The Independent Board Members noted this information supplemented the profitability information requested and received during the year to help keep them apprised of developments affecting profitability (such as changes in fee waivers and expense reimbursement commitments). In this regard, the Independent Board Members noted that they had also appointed an Independent Board Member as a point person to review and keep them apprised of changes to the profitability analysis and/or methodologies during the year. The Independent Board Members considered Nuveen’s profitability compared with other fund sponsors prepared by two independent third party service providers as well as comparisons of the revenues, expenses and profit margins of various unaffiliated management firms with similar amounts of assets under management prepared by Nuveen.
 
In reviewing profitability, the Independent Board Members recognized the subjective nature of determining profitability which may be affected by numerous factors including the allocation of expenses. Further, the Independent Board Members recognized the difficulties in making comparisons as the profitability of other advisers generally is not publicly available and the profitability information that is available for certain advisers or management firms may not be representative of the industry and may be affected by, among other things, the adviser’s particular business mix, capital costs, types of funds managed and expense allocations.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Independent Board Members reviewed Nuveen’s methodology and assumptions for allocating expenses across product lines to determine profitability. In reviewing profitability, the Independent Board Members recognized Nuveen’s investment in its fund business.
 
Based on its review, the Independent Board Members concluded that Nuveen’s level of profitability for its advisory activities was reasonable in light of the services provided. With respect to funds with sub-advisers unaffiliated with Nuveen, such as the Funds, the Independent Board Members also considered the sub-adviser’s revenues, expenses (including the basis for allocating expenses) and profitability margins (pre- and post-tax). Based on their review, the Independent Board Members were satisfied that the Sub-Adviser’s level of profitability was reasonable in light of the services provided.
 
In evaluating the reasonableness of the compensation, the Independent Board Members also considered other amounts paid to a Fund Adviser by the Funds as well as any indirect benefits (such as soft dollar arrangements, if any) the Fund Adviser and its affiliates receive, or are expected to receive, that are directly attributable to the management of the Funds, if any. See Section E below for additional information on indirect benefits the Fund Adviser may receive as a result of its relationship with the Funds. Based on their review of the overall fee arrangements of each Fund, the Independent Board Members determined that the advisory fees and expenses of the respective Fund were reasonable.
 
D. Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale
With respect to economies of scale, the Independent Board Members recognized the potential benefits resulting from the costs of a fund being spread over a larger asset base. The Independent Board Members therefore considered

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Management Agreement
APPROVAL PROCESS (continued)
 

whether the Funds have appropriately benefited from any economies of scale and whether there is potential realization of any further economies of scale. In considering economies of scale, the Independent Board Members have recognized that economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, particularly on a fund-by-fund basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, one method to help ensure the shareholders share in these benefits is to include breakpoints in the advisory fee schedule. Accordingly, the Independent Board Members reviewed and considered the fund-level breakpoints in the advisory fee schedules that reduce advisory fees. In this regard, given that the Funds are closed-end funds, the Independent Board Members recognized that although the Funds may from time to time make additional share offerings, the growth in their assets will occur primarily through appreciation of each such Fund’s investment portfolio.
 
In addition to fund-level advisory fee breakpoints, the Board also considered the Funds’ complex-wide fee arrangement. Pursuant to the complex-wide fee arrangement, the fees of the funds in the Nuveen complex, including the Funds, are reduced as the assets in the fund complex reach certain levels. In evaluating the complex-wide fee arrangement, the Independent Board Members recognized that the complex-wide fee schedule was recently revised in 2007 to provide for additional fee savings to shareholders and considered the amended schedule. The Independent Board Members further considered that the complex-wide fee arrangement seeks to provide the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total fund complex assets increase, even if assets of a particular fund are unchanged or have decreased. The approach reflects the notion that some of Nuveen’s costs are attributable to services provided to all its funds in the complex and therefore all funds benefit if these costs are spread over a larger asset base. Based on their review, the Independent Board Members concluded that the breakpoint schedule and complex-wide fee arrangement were acceptable and desirable in providing benefits from economies of scale to shareholders.
 
E. Indirect Benefits
In evaluating fees, the Independent Board Members received and considered information regarding potential “fall out” or ancillary benefits the respective Fund Adviser or its affiliates may receive as a result of its relationship with each Fund. In this regard, the Independent Board Members considered revenues received by affiliates of NAM for serving as agent at Nuveen’s preferred trading desk and for serving as a co-manager in the initial public offering of new closed-end exchange traded funds.
 
In addition to the above, the Independent Board Members considered whether the Fund Adviser received any benefits from soft dollar arrangements whereby a portion of the commissions paid by a Fund for brokerage may be used to acquire research that may be useful to the Fund Adviser in managing the assets of the Funds and other clients. With respect to NAM, the Independent Board Members noted that NAM does not currently have any soft dollar arrangements; however, to the extent certain bona fide agency transactions that occur on markets that traditionally trade on a principal basis and riskless principal transactions are considered as generating “commissions,” NAM intends to comply with the applicable safe harbor provisions.
 
The Board also considered that while the Sub-Adviser may select brokers that provide it with research services, it is the Sub-Adviser’s current practice not to receive soft dollar credits in connection with trades executed for the Funds.
 
Based on their review, the Independent Board Members concluded that any indirect benefits received by a Fund Adviser as a result of its relationship with the Funds were reasonable and within acceptable parameters.
 
F. Other Considerations
The Independent Board Members did not identify any single factor discussed previously as all-important or controlling. The Board Members, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously concluded that the terms of the Investment Management Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements are fair and reasonable, that the respective Fund Adviser’s fees are reasonable in light of the services provided to each Fund and that the Investment Management Agreements and the Sub-Advisory Agreements be renewed.

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Reinvest Automatically
EASILY and CONVENIENTLY
 

 
Nuveen makes reinvesting easy. A phone call is all it takes to set up your reinvestment account.
 
Nuveen Closed-End Funds Dividend Reinvestment Plan
Your Nuveen Closed-End Fund allows you to conveniently reinvest dividends and/or capital gains distributions in additional Fund shares.
 
By choosing to reinvest, you’ll be able to invest money regularly and automatically, and watch your investment grow through the power of tax-free compounding. Just like dividends or distributions in cash, there may be times when income or capital gains taxes may be payable on dividends or distributions that are reinvested.
 
It is important to note that an automatic reinvestment plan does not ensure a profit, nor does it protect you against loss in a declining market.
 
Easy and convenient
To make recordkeeping easy and convenient, each month you’ll receive a statement showing your total dividends and distributions, the date of investment, the shares acquired and the price per share, and the total number of shares you own.
 
How shares are purchased
The shares you acquire by reinvesting will either be purchased on the open market or newly issued by the Fund. If the shares are trading at or above net asset value at the time of valuation, the Fund will issue new shares at the greater of the net asset value or 95% of the then-current market price. If the shares are trading at less than net asset value, shares for your account will be purchased on the open market. If the Plan Agent begins purchasing Fund shares on the open market while shares are trading below net asset value, but the Fund’s shares subsequently trade at or above their net asset value before the Plan Agent is able to complete its purchases, the Plan Agent may cease open-market purchases and may invest the uninvested portion of the distribution in newly-issued Fund shares at a price equal to the greater of the shares’ net asset value or 95% of the shares’ market value on the last business day immediately prior to the purchase date. Dividends and distributions received to purchase shares in the open market will normally be invested shortly after the dividend payment date. No interest will be paid on dividends and distributions awaiting reinvestment. Because the market price of the shares may increase before purchases are completed, the average purchase price per share may exceed the market price at the time of valuation, resulting in the acquisition of fewer shares than if the dividend or distribution had been paid in shares issued by the Fund. A pro rata portion of any applicable brokerage commissions on open market purchases will be paid by Plan participants. These commissions usually will be lower than those charged on individual transactions.

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Flexible
You may change your distribution option or withdraw from the Plan at any time, should your needs or situation change. Should you withdraw, you can receive a certificate for all whole shares credited to your reinvestment account and cash payment for fractional shares, or cash payment for all reinvestment account shares, less brokerage commissions and a $2.50 service fee.
 
You can reinvest whether your shares are registered in your name, or in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee. Ask your investment advisor if his or her firm will participate on your behalf. Participants whose shares are registered in the name of one firm may not be able to transfer the shares to another firm and continue to participate in the Plan.
 
The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time. Although the Fund reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants, there is no direct service charge to participants in the Plan at this time.
 
Call today to start reinvesting dividends and/or distributions
For more information on the Nuveen Automatic Reinvestment Plan or to enroll in or withdraw from the Plan, speak with your financial advisor or call us at (800) 257-8787.

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Glossary of
TERMS USED in this REPORT
 

 
 n  Average Annual Total Return: This is a commonly used method to express an investment’s performance over a particular, usually multi-year time period. It expresses the return that would have been necessary each year to equal the investment’s actual cumulative performance (including change in NAV or market price and reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, if any) over the time period being considered.
 
 n  Market Yield (also known as Dividend Yield or Current Yield): Market yield is based on the Fund’s current annualized quarterly distribution divided by the Fund’s current market price. The Fund’s quarterly distributions to its shareholders may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and, if at the end of the calendar year the Fund’s cumulative net ordinary income and net realized gains are less than the amount of the Fund’s distributions, a tax return of capital.
 
 n  Net Asset Value (NAV): A Fund’s NAV per share is calculated by subtracting the liabilities of the Fund from its total assets and then dividing the remainder by the number of shares outstanding. Fund NAVs are calculated at the end of each business day.

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Board of Trustees
John P. Amboian
Robert P. Bremner
Jack B. Evans
William C. Hunter
David J. Kundert
William J. Schneider
Judith M. Stockdale
Carole E. Stone
Terence J. Toth
 
Fund Manager
Nuveen Asset Management
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
Custodian
State Street Bank & Trust Company
Boston, MA
 
Transfer Agent and
Shareholder Services
State Street Bank & Trust Company
Nuveen Funds
P.O. Box 43071
Providence, RI 02940-3071
(800) 257-8787
 
Legal Counsel
Chapman and Cutler LLP
Chicago, IL
 
Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chicago, IL
 
 
Each Fund intends to repurchase shares of its own common stock in the future at such times and in such amounts as is deemed advisable. No shares were repurchased during the period covered by this report. Any future repurchases will be reported to shareholders in the next annual or semi-annual report.
 
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    Other Useful INFORMATION
 
QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS AND PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
 
You may obtain (i) each Fund’s quarterly portfolio of investments, (ii) information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, 2008, and (iii) a description of the policies and procedures that the Funds used to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities without charge, upon request, by calling Nuveen Investments toll-free at (800) 257-8787 or on Nuveen’s website at www.nuveen.com.
 
You may also obtain this and other Fund information directly from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The SEC may charge a copying fee for this information. Visit the SEC on-line at http://www.sec.gov or in person at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call the SEC at (202) 942-8090 for room hours and operation. You may also request Fund information by sending an e-mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing to the SEC’s Public Reference Section at 100 F Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20549.
 
CEO Certification Disclosure
 
Each Fund’s Chief Executive Officer has submitted to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) the annual CEO certification as required by Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.
 
Each Fund has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission the certification of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.


 

Nuveen Investments:
SERVING INVESTORS FOR GENERATIONS
 
Since 1898, financial advisors and their clients have relied on Nuveen Investments to provide dependable investment solutions. For the past century, Nuveen Investments has adhered to the belief that the best approach to investing is to apply conservative risk-management principles to help minimize volatility.
 
Building on this tradition, we today offer a range of high quality equity and fixed-income solutions that are integral to a well-diversified core portfolio. Our clients have come to appreciate this diversity, as well as our continued adherence to proven, long-term investing principles.
 
We offer many different investing solutions for our clients’ different needs.
Nuveen Investments is a global investment management firm that seeks to help secure the long-term goals of institutions and high net worth investors as well as the consultants and financial advisors who serve them. Nuveen Investments markets its growing range of specialized investment solutions under the high-quality brands of HydePark, NWQ, Nuveen, Rittenhouse, Santa Barbara, Symphony and Tradewinds. In total, the Company managed $152 billion of assets on June 30, 2008.
 
Find out how we can help you reach your financial goals.
To learn more about the products and services Nuveen Investments offers, talk to your financial advisor, or call us at (800) 257-8787. Please read the information provided carefully before you invest.
 
Be sure to obtain a prospectus, where applicable. Investors should consider the investment objective and policies, risk considerations, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information relevant to an investment in the Fund. For a prospectus, please contact your securities representative or Nuveen Investments, 333 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.
 
Learn more about Nuveen Funds at:    www.nuveen.com/cef
 
     
     
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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.
Not applicable to this filing.
ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
Not applicable to this filing.
ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
Not applicable to this filing.
ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
Not applicable to this filing.
ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.
See Portfolio of Investments in Item 1.
ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable to this filing.
ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable to this filing.
ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
Not applicable.
ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to this item.
ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
  (a)   The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)(17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).
 
  (b)   There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form.
(a)(1) Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit: Not applicable to this filing.
(a)(2) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) in the exact form set forth below: Ex-99.CERT attached hereto.
(a)(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.23c-1) sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons: Not applicable.
(b) If the report is filed under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, provide the certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)); Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)), and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) as an exhibit. A certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference. Ex-99.906 CERT attached hereto.

 


 

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.
         
(Registrant) Nuveen Equity Premium and Growth Fund
 
   
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Kevin J. McCarthy      
  Kevin J. McCarthy     
  Vice President and Secretary     
 
Date: September 8, 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 (Signature and Title)* /s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman      
  Gifford R. Zimmerman     
  Chief Administrative Officer
(principal executive officer) 
   
 
Date: September 8, 2008
         
     
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Stephen D. Foy      
  Stephen D. Foy     
  Vice President and Controller
(principal financial officer) 
   
 
Date: September 8, 2008
 
*   Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.