N-Q 1 a08-6720_1nq.htm N-Q

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-21846

 

 

CLOUGH GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado

 

80203

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Erin Douglas

Clough Global Opportunities Fund

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100

Denver, Colorado 80203

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(303) 623-2577

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

March 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

December 31, 2007

 

 



 

Item 1 – Schedule of Investments.

 



 

Clough Global Opportunities Fund

Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS 108.16%

 

 

 

 

 

Agriculture 0.31%

 

 

 

 

 

Sadia S.A.(a)

 

173,000

 

$

983,573

 

Smithfield Foods, Inc.(b)

 

82,200

 

2,377,224

 

 

 

 

 

3,360,797

 

Consumer/Retail 4.22%

 

 

 

 

 

ASKUL Corp.

 

124,000

 

3,329,902

 

B&G Foods, Inc.

 

45,000

 

459,450

 

Belle International Holdings Ltd.

 

1,360,000

 

2,054,634

 

GOME Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd.

 

2,180,500

 

5,536,961

 

Home Inns & Hotels Management, Inc.(b)

 

53,700

 

1,913,868

 

Hyundai Department Store Co. Ltd. - ADR(b)

 

54,574

 

6,937,990

 

Isetan Co. Ltd.

 

129,000

 

1,754,026

 

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

 

157,741

 

4,369,426

 

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

 

127,557

 

2,002,645

 

Kraft Foods, Inc.

 

114,100

 

3,723,083

 

Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.

 

8,300

 

3,662,091

 

Regal Hotels International Holdings Ltd.

 

18,257,600

 

1,498,559

 

Swire Pacific Ltd.

 

291,000

 

4,011,914

 

Takashimaya Co. Ltd.

 

171,000

 

2,066,419

 

Yamada Denki Co. Ltd.

 

26,700

 

3,052,043

 

 

 

 

 

46,373,011

 

Energy 32.00%

 

 

 

 

 

Alternative Energy Technologies 4.59%

 

 

 

 

 

Conergy AG

 

15,200

 

544,913

 

Evergreen Solar, Inc. - ADR(b)

 

282,200

 

4,873,594

 

First Solar, Inc.(b)

 

27,600

 

7,373,064

 

JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. - ADR(b)

 

189,000

 

13,194,090

 

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.(b)

 

56,300

 

4,981,987

 

Sunpower Corp.(b)

 

50,500

 

6,584,695

 

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. - ADR(b)

 

156,000

 

12,841,920

 

 

 

 

 

50,394,263

 

Coal 0.88%

 

 

 

 

 

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

 

122,700

 

8,775,504

 

Patriot Coal Corp.(b)

 

1,320

 

55,097

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

 

13,200

 

813,648

 

 

 

 

 

9,644,249

 

Exploration & Production 10.98%

 

 

 

 

 

American Oil & Gas, Inc.(b)

 

39,129

 

226,948

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

 

86,200

 

5,662,478

 

Apache Corp.

 

20,000

 

2,150,800

 

ATP Oil & Gas Corp.(b)

 

57,000

 

2,880,780

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

 

408,200

 

16,001,440

 

ConocoPhillips

 

62,000

 

5,474,600

 

Devon Energy Corp.

 

84,900

 

7,548,459

 

Encana Corp.

 

42,900

 

2,915,484

 

Hess Corp.

 

67,900

 

6,848,394

 

InterOil Corp.(b)

 

140,700

 

2,709,882

 

Nexen, Inc.

 

17,400

 

561,498

 

OAO Gazprom - S.A.

 

205,860

 

11,672,262

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

 

44,000

 

3,387,560

 

Parallel Petro Corp.(b)

 

146,447

 

2,581,861

 

PetroHawk Energy Corp.(b)

 

201,000

 

3,479,310

 

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.

 

148,300

 

17,090,092

 

Range Resources Corp.

 

170,100

 

8,736,336

 

Southwestern Energy(b)

 

243,400

 

13,562,248

 

Ultra Petroleum Corp.(b)

 

69,700

 

4,983,550

 

XTO Energy, Inc.

 

45,000

 

2,311,200

 

 

 

 

 

120,558,234

 

Oil Services and Drillers 14.16%

 

 

 

 

 

Baker Hughes, Inc.

 

30,000

 

2,433,000

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

 

70,800

 

10,053,600

 

 



 

Exterran Holdings, Inc.(b)

 

47,100

 

3,852,780

 

FMC Technologies, Inc.(b)

 

34,000

 

1,927,800

 

Halliburton Company

 

390,300

 

14,796,273

 

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(b)

 

79,500

 

3,299,250

 

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

 

56,100

 

2,247,927

 

Nabors Industries Ltd.(b)

 

20,000

 

547,800

 

National - Oilwell, Inc.(b)

 

113,800

 

8,359,748

 

Noble Corp.

 

140,300

 

7,928,353

 

Oneok, Inc.

 

41,700

 

1,866,909

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

 

390,400

 

38,403,648

 

Sempra Energy

 

60,000

 

3,712,800

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

 

20,000

 

2,174,600

 

Tenaris - S.A.

 

53,600

 

2,397,528

 

Tidewater, Inc.

 

91,000

 

4,992,260

 

Transocean, Inc.

 

263,889

 

37,775,710

 

Weatherford International Ltd.(b)

 

124,200

 

8,520,120

 

 

 

 

 

155,517,054

 

Refiners 0.24%

 

 

 

 

 

Sunoco, Inc.

 

36,500

 

2,644,060

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tankers 1.15%

 

 

 

 

 

Frontline Limited

 

45,000

 

2,160,000

 

General Maritime Corp.

 

35,700

 

872,865

 

Nordic American Tanker Shipping

 

18,000

 

590,760

 

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.

 

94,000

 

6,996,420

 

Teekay Corp.

 

38,000

 

2,021,980

 

 

 

 

 

12,642,025

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

351,399,885

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 23.40%

 

 

 

 

 

Banks 20.35%

 

 

 

 

 

Banco Bradesco - S.A.

 

573,100

 

18,339,200

 

Banco Itau Holding Financeira - S.A.

 

588,600

 

15,221,196

 

Banco Santander Chile - S.A.

 

208,400

 

10,626,316

 

BanColombia - S.A.

 

5,000

 

170,100

 

Bangkok Bank PLC

 

806,500

 

2,825,204

 

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

 

17,759,000

 

6,617,674

 

Bank of Yokohama Ltd.

 

474,000

 

3,326,465

 

Bank Rakyat Indonesia

 

5,924,000

 

4,667,298

 

BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp.

 

651,400

 

9,953,392

 

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

 

1,810,000

 

5,072,011

 

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

 

311,962

 

3,169,534

 

The Charles Schwab Corp.

 

16,537

 

422,520

 

Citigroup, Inc.

 

194,800

 

5,734,912

 

Daewoo Securities Co. Ltd.

 

186,560

 

6,098,751

 

Daishin Securities Co. Ltd.(b)(c)

 

329,600

 

2,125,920

 

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

 

331,600

 

17,854,431

 

ICICI Bank Ltd.- S.A.

 

94,400

 

5,805,600

 

Indochina Capital Vietnam Holdings Ltd.(b)

 

700,000

 

6,485,500

 

Kasikornbank PLC

 

984,800

 

2,543,494

 

Kookmin Bank - ADR

 

51,300

 

3,761,316

 

Korea Exchange Bank(b)

 

351,300

 

5,441,857

 

Lion Diversified Holdings BHD

 

937,400

 

544,242

 

Malayan Banking BHD

 

995,400

 

3,461,476

 

Melco International Development

 

1,040,000

 

1,563,188

 

Mirae Asset Securities

 

21,700

 

3,987,394

 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.

 

579,360

 

5,429,798

 

PennantPark Investment Corp.

 

609,700

 

6,109,194

 

People’s United Financial, Inc.

 

74,500

 

1,326,100

 

Public Bank BHD

 

1,530,000

 

5,089,205

 

Shizuoka Bank Ltd.

 

349,000

 

3,833,174

 

Siam Commercial Bank PLC

 

3,066,000

 

7,873,208

 

Sime Darby BHD(b)

 

533,282

 

1,918,977

 

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.

 

162,300

 

1,850,220

 

Star Asia Financial Ltd.(c)(d)

 

300,000

 

2,250,000

 

UBS AG

 

259,600

 

11,941,600

 

UBS AG - Registered

 

79,000

 

3,656,406

 

Unibanco - Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros - GDR

 

97,100

 

13,559,044

 

 



 

Woori Finance Holdings Co. Ltd.(b)

 

524,000

 

10,552,214

 

Woori Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.

 

77,100

 

2,170,381

 

 

 

 

 

223,378,512

 

Non-Bank 3.05%

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo Investment Corp.

 

750,300

 

12,792,615

 

Ares Capital Corp.

 

350,400

 

5,126,352

 

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.(b)

 

21,600

 

4,158,000

 

Maiden Holdings Ltd.(c)(d)

 

100,900

 

1,009,000

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.(b)

 

40,900

 

2,024,141

 

Nymex Holdings, Inc.

 

63,100

 

8,430,791

 

 

 

 

 

33,540,899

 

TOTAL FINANCE

 

 

 

256,919,411

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healthcare 0.70%

 

 

 

 

 

BioSphere Medical, Inc.(b)

 

109,500

 

561,735

 

ImClone Systems, Inc.(b)

 

44,100

 

1,896,300

 

Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)

 

172,000

 

1,558,320

 

Pharmion Corp.(b)

 

57,600

 

3,620,736

 

 

 

 

 

7,637,091

 

Industrial 3.06%

 

 

 

 

 

Advantest Corp.

 

98,000

 

2,789,599

 

Altra Holdings, Inc.(b)

 

12,500

 

207,875

 

American Science & Engineering, Inc.

 

41,812

 

2,372,831

 

Bunge Ltd.

 

25,500

 

2,968,455

 

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company - NY shares

 

123,600

 

7,470,384

 

Crown Holdings, Inc.(b)

 

67,700

 

1,736,505

 

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.(b)

 

87,800

 

2,954,470

 

First Resources Ltd.(b)

 

1,260,000

 

1,085,415

 

Grant Prideco, Inc.(b)

 

67,100

 

3,724,721

 

Kokuyo Company Ltd.

 

103,500

 

935,729

 

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.(b)

 

595,000

 

6,283,200

 

Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc.(b)

 

32,400

 

1,117,800

 

 

 

 

 

33,646,984

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance 3.31%

 

 

 

 

 

ACE Ltd.

 

30,000

 

1,853,400

 

Castlepoint Holdings Ltd.

 

124,800

 

1,497,600

 

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

 

724,600

 

10,586,406

 

Loews Corp.

 

183,200

 

9,222,288

 

Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.

 

646,000

 

10,988,460

 

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

 

40,000

 

2,152,000

 

 

 

 

 

36,300,154

 

Media 0.57%

 

 

 

 

 

Kyocera Corp.

 

15,700

 

1,392,714

 

Nippon Television Network Corp.

 

36,400

 

4,884,178

 

 

 

 

 

6,276,892

 

Metals & Mining 3.59%

 

 

 

 

 

Anglo American PLC - ADR

 

84,410

 

2,563,532

 

Barrick Gold Corp.

 

5,400

 

227,070

 

Cameco Corp.

 

293,900

 

11,700,159

 

Denison Mines Corp.(b)

 

180,100

 

1,622,259

 

First Uranium Corp.(b)

 

88,000

 

842,596

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

 

114,500

 

11,729,380

 

Gerdau - S.A.

 

137,600

 

3,991,776

 

Goldcorp, Inc.

 

89,700

 

3,043,521

 

Paladin Energy Ltd.(b)

 

211,500

 

1,260,951

 

Uex Corp.(b)

 

34,000

 

227,712

 

Uranium One, Inc.(b)

 

189,000

 

1,690,937

 

Ur-Energy, Inc.(b)

 

128,600

 

461,263

 

 

 

 

 

39,361,156

 

Real Estate 7.78%

 

 

 

 

 

Aeon Mall Co. Ltd.

 

116,480

 

3,075,827

 

Bakrieland Development Tbk PT(b)

 

41,200,000

 

2,719,617

 

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

 

122,900

 

2,272,832

 

Ciputra Development Tbk PT(b)

 

15,905,000

 

1,507,101

 

Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.

 

1,595,517

 

5,964,722

 

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

 

516,000

 

2,336,009

 

 



 

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

 

1,328,000

 

12,509,503

 

Hopewell Holdings

 

464,000

 

2,142,253

 

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

 

1,688,069

 

4,816,931

 

Hyundai Development Co.(b)

 

58,100

 

5,679,344

 

Italian-Thai Development PLC

 

9,882,000

 

2,420,261

 

Kerry Properties Ltd.

 

280,000

 

2,249,724

 

Shun Tak Holdings Ltd.(d)

 

280,000

 

440,249

 

Sino Land Co.

 

1,448,000

 

5,143,971

 

SP Setia BHD

 

1,239,000

 

1,865,806

 

SP Setia BHD Right(b)

 

206,500

 

26,226

 

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

 

1,084,000

 

23,021,828

 

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

 

1,103,000

 

5,778,535

 

Wharf Holdings Right(b)

 

137,875

 

189,199

 

YNH Property BHD

 

1,570,400

 

1,282,153

 

 

 

 

 

85,442,091

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) 1.26%

 

 

 

 

 

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

 

588,800

 

10,704,384

 

Hatteras Financial(b)(c)(d)

 

157,300

 

3,146,000

 

Regal Real Estate Investment Trust

 

182,576

 

49,874

 

 

 

 

 

13,900,258

 

Technology & Communications 16.36%

 

 

 

 

 

AU Optronics Corp. - ADR

 

124,788

 

2,395,930

 

Centron Telecom International Holdings Ltd.(b)

 

1,018,000

 

287,224

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.(b)

 

1,112,000

 

30,101,840

 

Comcast Corp.(b)

 

213,800

 

3,874,056

 

Corning, Inc.

 

275,800

 

6,616,442

 

CTC Media, Inc.(b)

 

165,000

 

4,983,000

 

Google, Inc. - Class A(b)

 

12,400

 

8,574,352

 

Ingram Micro, Inc.(b)

 

567,300

 

10,234,092

 

Intel Corp.

 

1,378,700

 

36,756,142

 

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.(b)

 

138,300

 

1,933,434

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

804,300

 

28,633,080

 

Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp.

 

441,367

 

3,014,161

 

NET Servicos de Comunicacao S.A.

 

239,900

 

2,874,002

 

Oracle Corp.(b)

 

750,000

 

16,935,000

 

Radvision Ltd.(b)

 

518,700

 

5,731,635

 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

 

14,650

 

8,701,886

 

Sistema JSFC

 

87,200

 

3,640,600

 

SK Communications Co. Ltd.

 

50,800

 

1,763,795

 

Time Warner, Inc.

 

156,600

 

2,585,466

 

 

 

 

 

179,636,137

 

Transportation 0.52%

 

 

 

 

 

Babcock & Brown Air Ltd.(b)

 

263,300

 

4,794,693

 

Golar LNG, Ltd.

 

40,000

 

884,800

 

 

 

 

 

5,679,493

 

Utilities 11.08%

 

 

 

 

 

Bakrie Sumatera Plantations Tbk PT

 

10,607,000

 

2,569,170

 

Byd Co. Ltd.

 

316,900

 

2,097,114

 

Cleco Corp.

 

34,000

 

945,200

 

Dominion Resources, Inc.

 

38,300

 

1,817,335

 

Dore Holdings Ltd.(d)

 

1,860,000

 

429,374

 

DPL, Inc.

 

140,000

 

4,151,000

 

Enbridge, Inc.

 

149,800

 

6,136,495

 

Equitable Resources, Inc.

 

124,000

 

6,606,720

 

Exelon Corp.

 

125,200

 

10,221,328

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

 

193,300

 

13,983,322

 

Gamuda BHD

 

2,814,800

 

4,102,611

 

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.

 

1,954,000

 

2,877,821

 

IOI Corp. BHD

 

977,000

 

2,289,613

 

Mirant Corp.(b)

 

88,800

 

3,461,424

 

NRG Energy, Inc.(b)

 

161,100

 

6,982,074

 

PPL Corp.

 

60,200

 

3,135,818

 

PT Astra International Tbk

 

4,515,700

 

13,125,218

 

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.

 

76,000

 

7,466,240

 

Reliant Energy, Inc.(b)

 

126,000

 

3,306,240

 

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd.

 

3,734,000

 

2,303,401

 

Southern Union Company

 

156,300

 

4,588,968

 

 



 

The AES Corp.(b)

 

466,800

 

9,984,852

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

 

255,400

 

9,138,212

 

 

 

 

 

121,719,550

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $1,069,330,423)

 

 

 

1,187,652,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 3.34%

 

 

 

 

 

iShares MSCI Taiwan

 

484,473

 

7,296,163

 

StreetTRACKS Gold Trust(b)

 

356,500

 

29,361,340

 

 

 

 

 

36,657,503

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost $32,515,975)

 

 

 

36,657,503

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS 0.99%

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 7.000%

 

59,800

 

2,771,359

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 8.250%

 

208,300

 

5,363,725

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 6.750%(d)

 

17,700

 

2,671,284

 

 

 

 

 

10,806,368

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $9,857,385)

 

 

 

10,806,368

 

 

Maturity Date

 

Coupon
Rate

 

Principal
Amount

 

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS 2.37%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

02/15/2012

 

5.400

%

$

2,070,000

 

2,089,003

 

05/01/2012

 

5.300

%

1,500,000

 

1,498,432

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/15/2038

 

6.500

%

4,860,000

 

5,214,265

 

Swedish Export Credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04/30/2012

 

10.01

%

17,000,000

 

17,255,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $25,523,216)

 

 

 

 

 

26,056,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 6.34%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/30/2012

 

4.875

%

26,000,000

 

27,584,388

 

05/15/2017

 

4.500

%

19,000,000

 

19,699,143

 

02/15/2023(a)

 

7.125

%

8,000,000

 

10,326,256

 

08/15/2023(a)

 

6.250

%

10,000,000

 

11,975,790

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $67,048,797)

 

 

 

 

 

69,585,577

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITY 4.93%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae REMICS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2003-130, Class HZ, 01/25/2034(a)

 

6.000

%

8,141,990

 

8,001,150

 

Series 2006-3, Class ZE, 03/25/2036

 

6.000

%

3,405,947

 

3,359,306

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2006-3211, Class LZ, 09/15/2036

 

6.000

%

8,621,462

 

8,754,284

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) Gold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2006-A44797, 04/01/2036

 

6.000

%

4,400,773

 

4,467,630

 

Freddie Mac REMICS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2005-3004, Class ZU, 07/15/2035(a)

 

5.750

%

6,397,677

 

6,262,181

 

Series 2006-3123, Class AZ, 03/15/2036

 

6.000

%

2,387,403

 

2,427,411

 

Series 2006-3242, Class SX, 11/15/2036(e)

 

8.428

%

3,783,105

 

4,167,294

 

Ginnie Mae II pool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2007-3939, 01/20/2037

 

5.000

%

1,456,539

 

1,423,138

 

Series 2007-3952, 02/20/2037

 

5.000

%

2,012,589

 

1,966,436

 

Series 2007-3964, 03/20/2037

 

5.000

%

3,553,710

 

3,472,216

 

Series 2007-4015, 08/20/2037

 

5.000

%

958,634

 

936,650

 

Series 2007-4026, 09/20/2037

 

5.000

%

804,483

 

786,035

 

Series 2007-4037, 10/20/2037

 

5.000

%

1,028,342

 

1,004,760

 

 



 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2007-37, Class SB, 03/20/2037(e)

 

6.003

%

2,100,909

 

2,001,879

 

Series 2007-37, Class SA, 03/20/2037(e)

 

6.003

%

3,232,485

 

3,196,792

 

Series 2007-37, Class SY, 06/16/2037(e)

 

6.028

%

1,904,913

 

1,913,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITY
(Cost $52,421,733)

 

 

 

 

 

54,140,198

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STRUCTURED NOTES 12.29%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calyon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/29/2022(d)(e)

 

9.300

%

13,500,000

 

11,626,875

 

Federal Home Loan Bank System (FHLB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/27/2021(e)

 

7.500

%

5,250,000

 

5,040,000

 

01/18/2022(e)

 

7.950

%

20,000,000

 

19,700,000

 

04/18/2022(e)

 

7.050

%

3,000,000

 

2,887,500

 

04/18/2022(e)

 

7.000

%

5,000,000

 

4,737,500

 

11/21/2022(e)

 

8.000

%

15,000,000

 

14,985,000

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/23/2022(a)(e)

 

7.000

%

10,000,000

 

9,500,000

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/29/2022(a)(d)(e)

 

9.580

%

19,500,000

 

16,403,400

 

04/05/2022(c)(d)(e)

 

7.000

%

15,000,000

 

14,456,250

 

Rabobank Nederland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

02/22/2022(d)(e)

 

8.200

%

21,500,000

 

21,365,625

 

04/17/2022(d)

 

7.050

%

15,000,000

 

14,250,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL STRUCTURED NOTES
(Cost $141,837,750)

 

134,952,150

 

 

 

 

Expiration Date

 

Exercise
Price

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Value

 

PURCHASED OPTIONS 1.57%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased Call Options 1.21%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

 

January, 2008

 

$

50.00

 

1,157

 

1,828,060

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

 

January, 2009

 

60.00

 

1,000

 

1,677,500

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

 

January, 2009

 

27.50

 

9,000

 

3,510,000

 

Halliburton Co.

 

January, 2009

 

30.00

 

1,000

 

1,000,000

 

iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund

 

January, 2008

 

88.00

 

10,000

 

5,250,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PURCHASED CALL OPTIONS
(Cost $10,808,941)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,265,560

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased Put Options 0.36%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund

 

January, 2008

 

78.00

 

6,000

 

1,761,000

 

Oil Service HOLDRs Trust

 

January, 2008

 

200.00

 

1,000

 

487,500

 

S&P 500 Index Option

 

January, 2008

 

1,475.00

 

600

 

1,758,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS
(Cost $8,483,458)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,006,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS
(Cost $19,292,399)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,272,060

 

 

 

 

Interest Rate

 

Shares

 

Value

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 0.83%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money Market Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JP Morgan Prime Money Market Fund

 

4.557

%

9,117,264

 

9,117,264

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $9,117,264)

 

 

 

 

 

9,117,264

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments - 140.82%
(Cost $1,426,944,942)

 

 

 

 

 

1,546,240,730

 

 



 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – 0.23%

 

 

 

 

 

2,543,925

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidation Preference of Auction Market Preferred Shares, Series M7, W7, F7, T28 and TH28 (including dividends payable on preferred shares) - (41.05%)

 

 

 

 

 

(450,733,815

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.00%

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,098,050,840

 

 

 

 

Expiration
Date

 

Exercise
Price

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Value

 

SCHEDULE OF OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Call Options Written

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

 

January, 2009

 

$

80.00

 

1,000

 

$

(582,500

)

Schlumberger Ltd.

 

January, 2009

 

90.00

 

2,000

 

(3,900,000

)

Cisco Systems, Inc.

 

January, 2009

 

35.00

 

9,000

 

(1,300,500

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN
(Premiums received $3,315,791)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,783,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put Options Written

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund

 

January, 2008

 

71.00

 

6,000

 

(282,000

)

Oil Service HOLDRs Trust

 

January, 2008

 

150.00

 

1,000

 

(5,000

)

S&P 500 Index Option

 

January, 2008

 

1,400.00

 

600

 

(468,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN
(Premiums received $3,630,688)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(755,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL OPTIONS WRITTEN
(Premiums received $6,946,479)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(6,538,000

)

 

SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT

Name

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Amazon.com Corp.(b)

 

(46,700

)

$

(4,326,288

)

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

 

(71,400

)

(3,315,102

)

Ashland, Inc.

 

(15,000

)

(711,450

)

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(b)

 

(131,400

)

(3,861,846

)

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. - ADR

 

(145,200

)

(11,107,800

)

Cia Vale do Rio Doce

 

(275,500

)

(9,000,585

)

Comerica, Inc.

 

(48,800

)

(2,124,264

)

Countrywide Financial

 

(83,900

)

(750,066

)

Cummins, Inc.

 

(35,400

)

(4,508,898

)

Dawson Geophysical Co.(b)

 

(5,500

)

(393,030

)

Energy Select Sector SPDR

 

(86,888

)

(6,882,399

)

Financial Select Sector SPDR

 

(288,000

)

(8,352,000

)

iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund

 

(125,000

)

(8,237,500

)

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund

 

(117,300

)

(19,993,785

)

iShares MSCI Mexico Index Fund

 

(83,700

)

(4,689,711

)

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund

 

(404,000

)

(30,724,200

)

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

 

(51,000

)

(6,762,600

)

Metavante Technologies, Inc.(b)

 

(684

)

(15,951

)

SPDR Trust Series 1

 

(70,800

)

(10,354,500

)

Toro Co.

 

(5,300

)

(288,532

)

US Bancorp

 

(79,300

)

(2,516,982

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
(Proceeds $144,034,528)

 

 

 

$

(138,917,489

)

 


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

(b) Non-Income Producing Security

(c) Fair valued security; valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2007, these securities had total value of $32,678,770or 2.98% of total net assets.

 



 

(d) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of December 31, 2007, these securities had a total value of $92,754,779 or 8.45% of total net assets.

(e) Floating or variable rate security - rate disclosed as of December 31, 2007. Maturity date represents the next reset date.

 

ADR – American Depositary Receipt

BHD – Berhad (in Malaysia; equivalent to Public Limited Company)

GDR – Global Depositary Receipt

PLC – Public Limited Company

PT – equivalent to Public Limited Company in Indonesia

REMICs – Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits

S.A. – Sponsored ADR

SPDR – Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt

Tbk – Terbuka (stock symbol in Indonesia)

 

Income Tax Information:

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2007

 

 

 

Gross appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)

 

$199,351,193

 

Gross depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)

 

(80,055,405

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$119,295,788

 

Cost of investments for income tax purposes

 

$1,426,944,942

 

 

See Notes to Quarterly Statement of Investments.

 



 

Notes to Quarterly Statement of Investments

December 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

1.  Significant Accounting and Operating Policies

Clough Global Opportunities Fund is a closed-end management investment company (the “Fund”) that was organized under the laws of the state of Delaware by an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated January 12, 2006.   The Fund is a non-diversified series with an investment objective to provide a high level of total return. The Declaration of Trust provides that the Trustees may authorize separate classes of shares of beneficial interest.

 

The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund.

 

Security Valuation:  The net asset value per Share of the Fund is determined no less frequently than daily, on each day that the American Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, as of the close of regular trading on the Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m. New York time).  Trading may take place in foreign issues held by the Fund at times when the Fund is not open for business.  As a result, the Fund’s net asset value may change at times when it is not possible to purchase or sell shares of the Fund.  Securities held by the fund for which exchange quotations are readily available are valued at the last sale price, or if no sale price or if traded on the over-the-counter market, at the mean of the bid and asked prices on such day.  Debt securities for which the over-the-counter market is the primary market are normally valued on the basis of prices furnished by one or pricing services at the mean between the latest available bid and asked prices.  As authorized by the Trustees, debt securities (other than short-term obligations) may be valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a pricing service which determines valuations based upon market transactions for normal, institutional-size trading units of securities.  Short-term obligations maturing within 60 days are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value, unless the Trustees determine that under particular circumstances such method does not result in fair value.  Over-the-counter options are valued at the mean between bid and asked prices provided by dealers.  Financial futures contracts listed on commodity exchanges and exchange-traded options are valued at closing settlement prices.  Securities for which there is no such quotation or valuation and all other assets are valued at fair value in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.

 

Foreign Securities:  The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in foreign securities. In the event that the Fund executes a foreign security transaction, the Fund will generally enter into a forward foreign currency contract to settle the foreign security transaction. Foreign securities may carry more risk than U.S. securities, such as political, market and currency risks.

 

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Prices of securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the closing rates of exchange at period end. Amounts related to the purchase and sale of foreign securities and investment income are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

 

The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is separately identified from the fluctuations arising from changes in market values of securities held and reported with all other foreign currency gains and losses in the Fund’s Statement of Operations.

 

Options:  In order to hedge against adverse market shifts, the Fund may utilize up to 12% of its total assets to purchase put and call options on securities.  The Fund may also utilize an additional

 



 

12% of its total assets to purchase put and call options on domestic stock indices to hedge against risks of market-wide price movements affecting its assets.  When a Fund purchases a call or put option, an amount equal to the premium paid is included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, which is included in the Annual and Semi-Annual reports to shareholders, as an investment, and is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option. If an option expires on the stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If the Fund exercises a call, the cost of the security acquired is increased by the premium paid for the call. If the Fund exercises a put option, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such a sale are decreased by the premium originally paid.

 

The Fund may also write covered put and call options on securities and stock indices.  When a Fund writes a put or call option, an amount equal to the premium received is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, which is included in the Annual and Semi-Annual reports to shareholders, as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option. If an option expires on its stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If a written call option is exercised, a gain or loss is realized for the sale of the underlying security and the proceeds from the sale are increased by the premium originally received. If a written put option is exercised, the cost of the security acquired is decreased by the premium originally received. As a writer of an option, a Fund has no control over whether the underlying securities are subsequently sold (call) or purchased (put) and, as a result, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. Written and purchased options are non-income producing securities.

 

Written option activity as of December 31, 2007 was as follows:

 

CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Amount of
Premiums

 

Options outstanding as of
June 30, 2007

 

12,720

 

$

3,763,730

 

Positions opened

 

5,600

 

1,388,529

 

Options expired

 

(1,270

)

(333,705

)

Options closed

 

(5,050

)

(1,502,763

)

Outstanding, December 31, 2007

 

12,000

 

$

3,315,791

 

Market Value, December 31, 2007

 

 

 

$

(5,783,000

)

 



 

PUT OPTIONS  WRITTEN

 

 

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Amount of
Premiums

 

Options outstanding as of
June 30, 2007

 

6,170

 

$

3,584,329

 

Positions opened

 

7,600

 

$

3,360,688

 

Options expired

 

(6,170

)

$

(3,584,329

)

Options closed

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, December 31, 2007

 

7,600

 

$

3,360,688

 

Market Value, December 31, 2007

 

 

 

$

(755,000

)

 

Short Sales:  The Fund may sell a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the fair value of that security.  When the Fund sells a security short, it must borrow the security sold short and deliver it to the broker-dealer through which it made the short sale.  A gain, limited to the price at which the Fund sold the security short, or a loss, unlimited in size, will be recognized upon the termination of the short sale.

 

Securities Transactions and Investment Income:  Investment security transactions are accounted for as of trade date.  Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.  Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is accrued as earned.  Realized gains and losses from securities transactions and unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities are determined using the highest cost basis for both financial reporting and income tax purposes.

 



 

Item 2 - Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)                        The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have evaluated the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date.

 

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

 

Item 3 – Exhibits.

 

Separate certifications for the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as Ex99.CERT.

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

CLOUGH GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edmund J. Burke

 

 

Edmund J. Burke

 

 

President (principal executive
officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 29, 2008

 

 

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

By:

/s/ Edmund J. Burke

 

 

Edmund J. Burke

 

 

President (principal executive
officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 29, 2008

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeremy O. May

 

 

Jeremy O. May

 

 

Treasurer (principal financial
officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 29, 2008