Liberty All Star Equity Fund (Liberty All Star Equity Fund) Predictability Rank

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What is Liberty All Star Equity Fund Predictability Rank?

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Warren Buffett said many times that the companies he likes are:

1. Simple businesses that he understands
2. that have predictable and proven earnings and
3. with economic moat
4. those can be bought at a reasonable price.

It is hard to quantify "simple businesses that he (Buffett) understands", so we will focus on the other three characteristics instead. In GuruFocus Research: What worked in the market from 1998-2008? Part I: Introduction of Predictability Rank, we will show that the businesses that have predictable and proven earnings are usually also simple businesses that an average person could understand.

GuruFocus conducted a back test study of Warren Buffett's strategy of "buying good companies at fair prices" for the years from 1998-2008.

Liberty All Star Equity Fund Predictability Rank Calculation

In our database there are 2403 stocks that have been traded from Jan. 2, 1998 to Aug. 31, 2008. We have the complete 10-year financial data and trading prices of these companies for this period. We rank the predictability of these companies based on the consistency of their revenue per share and EBITDA (earning before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) per share over the past ten fiscal years, and study the correlation between the stock performances and the predictability of the business.

Our study may be subject to these biases and assumptions:

Dividend yields are not counted for investment returns
Effects of price changes due to spin-offs may not be fully adjusted
Study is subjected to survivorship bias due to de-listing, bankruptcy, LBO, M&A, etc.

The correlation between business predictability and investment returns of a company is showed below.

Correlation Between Business Predictability and Investment Returns

	Predictables	Non-Predictable	All stocks
Total Number of stocks	570	1833	2403
Total Lost Money	61	830	891
Total Lost More Than 50%	18	412	430
Total Lost More Than 90%	4	86	90
Average Gain	260.6%	100.0%	138.1%
Median Gain	150.0%	13.0%	39.0%
Maximum Gain	2852.0%	11483.0%	11483.0%
Maximum Loss	-100.0%	-100.0%	-100.0%
Annualized Average Gain	12.7%	6.7%	8.4%
Annualized Median Gain	8.9%	1.1%	3.1%

For the 570 predictable companies, we have seen strong correlation between the predictability of businesses and the stock performances over the past 10 years, regardless of the valuation of business at 1998. Accordingly, we have ranked the business predictability from 5-star to 1-star, as shown in this table.

Predictability Rank	5-Star	4.5-Star	4-Star	3.5-Star	3-Star	2.5-Star	2-Star	1-Star (non-predictable)	Average among all
% Out of All 2403 Stocks	3.3%	2.9%	3.7%	3.3%	3.3%	3.7%	3.3%	76.3%	100%
% that are in Loss (10y)	3%	10%	8%	9%	11%	18%	16%	45%	37%
Average Gain (10y)	364.6%	330.9%	278.0%	235.1%	243.5%	227.8%	154.8%	100.0%	138.1%
Median Gain (10y)	238.5%	193.5%	171.0%	159.0%	132.5%	113.5%	87.0%	13.0%	39.0%
Maximum Gainer	2228.0%	2547.0%	2452.0%	2852.0%	2432.0%	1892.0%	1807.0%	11483.0%	11483.0%
Maximum Loser	-82.0%	-53.0%	-67.0%	-100.0%	-83.0%	-100.0%	-78.0%	-100.0%	-100.0%
Annualized Average Gain	15.4%	14.6%	13.2%	12.0%	12.2%	11.7%	9.1%	6.7%	8.4%
Annualized Median Gain	12.1%	10.6%	9.8%	9.3%	8.2%	7.3%	6.0%	1.1%	3.1%

For detailed information about each predictability rank, please go to GuruFocus Research: What worked in the market from 1998-2008? Part I: Introduction of Predictability Rank

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Liberty All Star Equity Fund (Liberty All Star Equity Fund) Business Description

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Address

1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, CO, USA, 80203

Website

http://www.all-starfunds.com

Liberty All Star Equity Fund is a closed-end funds and open-end multi-managed fund. Its objective is to provide a high level of current income and long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests in various sectors, including financials, information technology, healthcare, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, industrials, energy, materials, real estate, utilities, telecommunication and other services.

Executives

Mark T Haley	officer: Senior Vice President	C/O LIBERTY ALL-STAR FUNDS, 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100, DENVER CO 80203
Robert Milas	officer: Vice President of the Funds	1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80203
Milton M Irvin	other: Trustee	C/O LIBERTY ALL-STAR FUNDS, 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100, DENVER CO 80203
Edmund J Burke	director	1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100, DENVER CO 80203
Parmentier William R Jr	officer: President and Chief Exec. Off.	C/O LIBERTY ALL-STAR FUNDS, 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100, DENVER CO 80203
Michelle Stallworth	officer: ASSISTANT SECRETARY	1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80203
Erich Rettinger	officer: Treasurer	1290 BROADWAY SUITE 1100, DENVER CO 80203
Tanya Tancheff	officer: Assistant Secretary	1290 BROADWAY 1000, DENVER CO 80203
Maureen K Usifer	other: Trustee	C/O BLACKROCK KELSO CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC, 40 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
John J Neuhauser	other: Trustee	C/O LIBERTY ALL-STAR FUNDS, 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100, DENVER CO 80203
Howard Roy Gleicher	other: Portfolio Manager	11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD. SUITE 1700, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Thomas W Brock	director	1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100, DENVER CO 80203
Fiduciary Management Inc /wi/	other: Fund Investment Advisor	790 N. WATER STREET, SUITE 2100, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Jill Kerschen	officer: Treasurer	1700 BROADWAY, SUITE 1850, DENVER CO 80290
Laton Spahr	other: President of the Adviser	1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100, DENVER CO 80203