N-Q 1 a09-10828_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

811-02328

 

 

Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

2344 Spruce Street, Suite A, Boulder, CO

 

80302

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Stephen C. Miller, Esq.

2344 Spruce Street, Suite A

Boulder, CO 80302

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(303) 444-5483

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

November 30

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

February 28, 2009

 

 



 

Item 1 — Schedule of Investments.

 



 

Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc.

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

February 28, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

Shares/

 

 

 

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

Description

 

Value (Note 1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LONG TERM INVESTMENTS 63.7%

 

 

 

DOMESTIC COMMON STOCKS 45.2%

 

 

 

Buildings - Residential/Commercial 0.1%

 

 

 

6,300

 

Toll Brothers, Inc.*

 

$

99,855

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction Machinery 0.3%

 

 

 

20,000

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

 

492,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified 24.6%

 

 

 

466

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class A*

 

36,627,601

 

500

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*

 

1,282,000

 

 

 

 

 

37,909,601

 

Diversified Financial Services 0.5%

 

 

 

35,000

 

American Express Co.

 

422,100

 

4,300

 

Franklin Resources, Inc.

 

196,940

 

8,300

 

Legg Mason, Inc.

 

106,489

 

 

 

 

 

725,529

 

Electric Utilities 3.7%

 

 

 

183,000

 

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

 

3,616,080

 

150,000

 

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

 

2,031,000

 

 

 

 

 

5,647,080

 

Healthcare Products & Services 0.6%

 

 

 

18,000

 

Johnson & Johnson

 

900,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance 1.1%

 

 

 

47,074

 

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

 

780,016

 

40,000

 

First American Corp.

 

926,800

 

 

 

 

 

1,706,816

 

Manufacturing 1.9%

 

 

 

12,000

 

3M Co.

 

545,520

 

50,500

 

Eaton Corp.

 

1,825,575

 

60,000

 

General Electric Co.

 

510,600

 

 

 

 

 

2,881,695

 

Registered Investment Company (RIC) 3.3%

 

 

 

291,762

 

Cohen & Steers Advantage Income Realty Fund, Inc.

 

638,959

 

120,137

 

Cohen & Steers Premium Income Realty Fund, Inc.

 

253,489

 

106,600

 

Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund, Inc.

 

257,972

 

165,784

 

Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred Income Fund, Inc.

 

654,847

 

294,900

 

Cohen & Steers REIT and Utility Income Fund, Inc.

 

1,344,743

 

91,174

 

Cohen & Steers Worldwide Realty Income Fund, Inc.

 

201,495

 

66,000

 

Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Preferred Securities Income Fund, Inc.

 

432,300

 

124,592

 

Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund, Inc.

 

865,914

 

146,663

 

ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund

 

420,923

 

 

 

 

 

5,070,642

 

Retail 9.1%

 

 

 

27,500

 

The Home Depot, Inc.

 

574,475

 

69,000

 

Walgreen Co.

 

1,646,340

 

240,000

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

 

11,817,600

 

 

 

 

 

14,038,415

 

TOTAL DOMESTIC COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $80,869,456)

 

69,471,833

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN COMMON STOCKS 7.9%

 

 

 

Australia 0.1%

 

 

 

983,610

 

ING Office Fund

 

163,532

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada 0.5%

 

 

 

10,200

 

Bank of Nova Scotia

 

230,186

 

44,000

 

Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A

 

583,115

 

 

 

 

 

813,301

 

 



 

Hong Kong 3.0%

 

 

 

185,000

 

Cheung Kong Holdings, Ltd.

 

1,523,130

 

600,000

 

Hang Lung Properties, Ltd.

 

1,158,957

 

500,000

 

Henderson Investment, Ltd.

 

30,302

 

104,500

 

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.

 

353,038

 

1,500,000

 

Midland Holdings, Ltd.

 

406,176

 

650,000

 

Wheelock & Co., Ltd.

 

1,097,966

 

 

 

 

 

4,569,569

 

Japan 0.0%(1)

 

 

 

105

 

New City Residence Investment Corp.*(2)(3)

 

4,465

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netherlands 1.7%

 

 

 

60,000

 

Heineken Holding NV

 

1,396,932

 

31,663

 

Heineken NV

 

853,793

 

20,000

 

Unilever NV

 

386,663

 

 

 

 

 

2,637,388

 

New Zealand 1.3%

 

 

 

4,150,135

 

Kiwi Income Property Trust

 

2,057,805

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singapore 0.5%

 

 

 

906,666

 

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

 

738,103

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey 0.0%(1)

 

 

 

57,183

 

Dogus Ge Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi A.S.*

 

18,163

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom 0.8%

 

 

 

25,000

 

Diageo PLC, Sponsored ADR

 

1,162,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FOREIGN COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $18,584,520)

 

12,164,576

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUCTION MARKET PREFERRED SECURITIES 7.3%

 

 

 

228

 

Advent Claymore Global Convertible Securities & Income Fund, Series W(3)

 

5,586,000

 

39

 

Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred Income Fund, Inc., Series W(3)

 

955,500

 

44

 

Cohen & Steers Select Utility Fund, Series M7(3)

 

1,078,000

 

108

 

Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust, Series B(3)

 

2,646,000

 

36

 

Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income Fund, Series A(3)

 

882,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL AUCTION MARKET PREFERRED SECURITIES
(Cost $11,375,103)

 

11,147,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEDGE FUNDS 3.3%

 

 

 

5

 

Ithan Creek Partners, L.P.*(3)

 

5,026,715

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL HEDGE FUNDS
(Cost $5,000,000)

 

5,026,715

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LONG TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $115,829,079)

 

97,810,624

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 33.0%

 

 

 

DOMESTIC GOVERNMENT BONDS 31.5%

 

 

 

$

2,500,000

 

United States Cash Management Bills, Discount Notes, 0.430% due 4/29/2009

 

2,499,316

 

46,000,000

 

United States Treasury Bills, Discount Notes, 1.360% due 3/19/2009

 

45,968,649

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL DOMESTIC GOVERNMENT BONDS
(Amortized Cost $48,466,888)

 

48,467,965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS 1.5%

 

 

 

2,340,000

 

Dreyfus Treasury Cash Management Money Market Fund, Institutional Class, 7 day yield 0.208%

 

2,340,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
(Cost $2,340,000)

 

2,340,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $50,806,888)

 

50,807,965

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS 96.7%
(Cost $166,635,967)

 

148,618,589

 

 



 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 3.3%

 

5,144,484

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS AVAILABLE TO COMMON STOCK AND PREFERRED STOCK 100.0%

 

153,763,073

 

AUCTION MARKET PREFERRED STOCK (AMPs) REDEMPTION VALUE

 

(25,000,000

)

TOTAL NET ASSETS AVAILABLE TO COMMON STOCK

 

$

128,763,073

 

 


* Non-income producing security.

(1) Less than 0.05% of Total Net Assets Available to Common Stock and Preferred Stock.

(2) On October 9, 2008, the company declared bankruptcy.

(3) Fair valued security under procedures established by the Fund’s Board of Directors. Total market value of fair valued securities as of February 28, 2009 is $16,178,680.

 

Percentages are stated as a percent of Total Net Assets Available to Common and Preferred Stock.

 

Common Abbreviations:

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

A.S. - Anonim Sirketi (Turkish: Joint Stock Company)

L.P. - Limited Partnership

Ltd. - Limited

NV - Naamloze Vennootchap is the Dutch term for a public limited liability corporation

PLC - Public Limited Company

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry and/or geography classifications refer to any one of the industry/geography sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes, and/or as defined by Fund Management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry/geography sub-classifications for reporting ease. Industries/geographies are shown as a percent of net assets available to common and preferred shares. These industry/geography classifications are unaudited.

 

See accompanying Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments.

 



 

Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc.

February 28, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

Note 1.  Valuation and Investment Practices

 

Portfolio Valuation: The net asset value of the Fund’s Common Shares is determined by the Fund’s administrator no less frequently than on the last business day of each week and month. It is determined by dividing the value of the Fund’s net assets attributable to common stock by the number of Common Shares outstanding. The value of the Fund’s net assets attributable to Common Shares is deemed to equal the value of the Fund’s total assets less (i) the Fund’s liabilities and (ii) the aggregate liquidation value of the outstanding Taxable Auction Market Preferred Stock. Securities listed on a national securities exchange are valued on the basis of the last sale on such exchange or the NASDAQ Official Close Price on the day of valuation. In the absence of sales of listed securities and with respect to securities for which the most recent sale prices are not deemed to represent fair market value, and unlisted securities (other than money market instruments), securities are valued at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices, or based on a matrix system which utilizes information (such as credit ratings, yields and maturities) from independent sources. Investments for which market quotations are not readily available or do not otherwise accurately reflect the fair value of the investment are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Board of Directors of the Fund, including reference to valuations of other securities which are considered comparable in quality, maturity and type. Investments in money market instruments, which mature in 60 days or less at the time of purchase, are valued at amortized cost.

 

The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“FAS 157”), effective December 1, 2007. In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the investment. Under certain circumstances, fair value may equal the mean between the bid and asked prices. FAS 157 established a three-tier hierarchy to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value including such a pricing model and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

 

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

 

·  Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

·  Level 2—significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

·  Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

The valuation techniques used by the Fund to measure fair value during the three months ended February 28, 2009 maximized the use of observable inputs and minimized the use of unobservable inputs. The Fund utilized the following fair value techniques: discounted future cash flow models, weighted average of last available trade prices and multi-dimensional relational pricing model.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of February 28, 2009 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:

 



 

Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Level 1—Quoted Prices

 

$

83,971,944

 

Level 2—Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

59,615,465

 

Level 3—Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

5,031,180

 

Total

 

$

148,618,589

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of assets in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

 

 

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Balance as of 11/30/2008

 

$

5,059,043

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

 

(27,863

)

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

Transfer in and/or out of Level 3

 

 

Balance as of 2/28/2009

 

$

5,031,180

 

 

Securities Transactions and Investment Income: Securities transactions are recorded as of the trade date. Realized gains and losses from securities sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on ex-dividend dates. Interest income is recorded using the interest method.

 

The actual amounts of dividend income and return of capital received from investments in real estate investment trusts (“REITS”) and registered investment companies (“RICS”) at calendar year-end are determined after the end of the fiscal year. The Fund therefore estimates these amounts for accounting purposes until the actual characterization of REIT and RIC distributions is known. Distributions received in excess of the estimate are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments.

 

Foreign Currency Translation: The books and records of the Fund are maintained in US dollars. Foreign currencies, investments and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated in US dollars at the exchange rate prevailing at the end of the period, and purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses transacted in foreign currencies are translated at the exchange rate on the dates of such transactions.

 

Foreign currency gains and losses result from fluctuations in exchange rates between trade date and settlement date on securities transactions, foreign currency transactions and the difference between amounts of interest and dividends recorded on the books of the Fund and the amounts actually received.

 

Note 2.  Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)

 

On February 28, 2009, based on cost of $166,625,091 for federal income tax purposes, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there is an excess of value over tax cost was $3,542,594 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there is an excess of tax cost over value was $21,549,096, resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $18,006,502.

 

Note 3. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In March 2008, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161 (“SFAS 161”) “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” — an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 (“SFAS 133”),” expands the disclosure requirements in SFAS 133 about entity’s derivative instruments and hedging activities. SFAS 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS No. 161

will have on the Fund’s financial statement disclosures.

 



 

Item 2 - Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)           The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 17 CFR 270.300-3(c)) were effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report (the “Evaluation Date”), based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the Evaluation Date.

 

(b)   There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the 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.

 

(a)           Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is attached hereto as EX-99.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.

 

 

Registrant

Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephen C. Miller

 

 

Stephen C. Miller, President

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

April 27, 2009

 

 

 

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/ Stephen C. Miller

 

 

Stephen C. Miller, President

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

April 27, 2009

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Carl D. Johns

 

 

Carl D. Johns, Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

April 27, 2009