Liberty All-Star Growth Fund

ASG

Market cap $335M

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The year isn't even four months old, and we've already been hit with three events that would normally send markets tumbling:

Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG) is downgraded to Hold due to persistent NAV underperformance and structural inefficiencies. ASG trades at an 11% discount to NAV, near decade lows, but its 8.5% yield is unsustainably high relative to earnings. The fund's multi-cap, multi-manager approach forces sales of top-performing large caps to fund distributions, limiting capital appreciation.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG) has declared a distribution of $0.11 per share payable on June 1, 2026 to shareholders of record on April 16, 2026. This distribution is in accordance with the Fund's current distribution policy of paying distributions on its shares totaling approximately 8 percent of its net asset value per year, payable in four quarterly installments of 2 percent. A portion of the distribution may be treated as p.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: ASG) has appointed Congress Asset Management Company, LLP (“Congress”) as the investment manager for the small-cap growth portion of the Fund's portfolio effective April 1, 2026 replacing Weatherbie Capital, LLC. The small-cap investment team at Congress, led by Gregg O'Keefe, CFA, seeks companies that demonstrate changes in growth at consistently higher levels of profitability than other c.

The recent plunge in software stocks is another reminder that AI is rattling through the economy, setting off rapid change and disruption wherever it goes.

The Liberty All-Star Growth Fund offers a 9.14% yield, targeting income-focused investors seeking equity exposure to growth stocks. ASG underperformed both the S&P 500 Growth Index and most peer closed-end funds over the past decade, despite its high yield. The fund's 2% quarterly NAV distribution policy can result in destructive payouts during weak growth periods, raising capital impairment risks.

My prediction for 2026? Strange as it may sound, given the wild headlines we're seeing pretty much daily, I'm calling for more of the same.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG) has declared a distribution of $0.12 per share payable on March 9, 2026 to shareholders of record on January 22, 2026. This distribution is in accordance with the Fund's current distribution policy of paying distributions on its shares totaling approximately 8 percent of its net asset value per year, payable in four quarterly installments of 2 percent. A portion of the distribution may be treated a.