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, 2010

 

 



 

Item 1 — Schedule of Investments.

 

The Schedule of Investments are included herewith.

 



 

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

 

BOULDER GROWTH & INCOME FUND, INC.

February 28, 2010 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Shares/

 

 

 

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

Description

 

Value (Note 1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LONG TERM INVESTMENTS 85.8%

 

 

 

DOMESTIC COMMON STOCKS 64.8%

 

 

 

Construction Machinery 0.5%

 

 

 

20,000

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

 

$

1,141,000

 

 

 

 

 

Cosmetics/Personal Care 0.9%

 

 

 

30,000

 

The Procter & Gamble Co.

 

1,898,400

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified 28.0%

 

 

 

466

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class A*

 

55,826,799

 

25,000

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*

 

2,003,250

 

 

 

57,830,049

 

Diversified Financial Services 0.9%

 

 

 

35,000

 

American Express Co.

 

1,336,650

 

4,300

 

Franklin Resources, Inc.

 

437,396

 

 

 

1,774,046

 

Electric Utilities 4.6%

 

 

 

17,000

 

Allegheny Energy, Inc.

 

385,050

 

12,000

 

Allete, Inc.

 

377,400

 

15,000

 

Alliant Energy Corp.

 

474,450

 

13,000

 

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

437,060

 

33,500

 

Black Hills Corp.

 

933,645

 

22,000

 

The Empire District Electric Co.

 

394,020

 

8,000

 

FPL Group, Inc.

 

370,960

 

150,000

 

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

 

2,671,500

 

13,000

 

NSTAR

 

439,660

 

11,700

 

OGE Energy Corp.

 

427,752

 

11,000

 

Progress Energy, Inc.

 

421,190

 

12,000

 

SCANA Corp.

 

432,600

 

13,000

 

Southern Co.

 

413,010

 

28,000

 

TECO Energy, Inc.

 

429,240

 

15,200

 

UIL Holdings Corp.

 

417,696

 

20,000

 

Westar Energy, Inc.

 

428,000

 

 

 

9,453,233

 

Gas 1.8%

 

 

 

11,000

 

AGL Resources, Inc.

 

399,630

 

14,000

 

Atmos Energy Corp.

 

384,440

 

31,000

 

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

 

414,780

 

12,000

 

Inergy L.P.

 

433,440

 

13,000

 

The Laclede Group, Inc.

 

426,270

 

11,000

 

Nicor, Inc.

 

458,150

 

17,000

 

Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc.

 

439,110

 

17,000

 

Vectren Corp.

 

395,250

 

12,000

 

WGL Holdings, Inc.

 

394,200

 

 

 

3,745,270

 

Healthcare Products & Services 8.7%

 

 

 

70,000

 

Becton Dickinson & Co.

 

5,450,900

 

200,000

 

Johnson & Johnson

 

12,599,999

 

 

 

18,050,899

 

Insurance 0.9%

 

 

 

47,074

 

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

 

670,805

 

40,000

 

First American Corp.

 

1,289,200

 

 

 

1,960,005

 

Manufacturing 0.5%

 

 

 

12,000

 

3M Co.

 

961,800

 

 

 

 

 

Oil & Gas 1.5%

 

 

 

65,000

 

ConocoPhillips

 

3,120,000

 

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals 0.1%

 

 

 

17,000

 

Pfizer, Inc.

 

298,350

 

 



 

Pipelines 2.6%

 

 

 

29,300

 

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P.

 

877,242

 

7,800

 

Buckeye Partners L.P.

 

458,562

 

17,800

 

El Paso Pipeline Partners L.P.

 

460,842

 

18,300

 

Energy Transfer Partners L.P.

 

846,924

 

27,200

 

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.

 

891,072

 

7,200

 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P.

 

462,960

 

10,300

 

Magellan Midstream Partners L.P.

 

465,972

 

10,300

 

Oneok, Inc.

 

456,599

 

8,200

 

Plains All American Pipeline L.P.

 

454,362

 

 

 

5,374,535

 

Registered Investment Companies (RICs) 7.0%

 

 

 

122,690

 

Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc.

 

1,804,770

 

881,590

 

Cohen & Steers REIT and Utility Income Fund, Inc.

 

9,477,093

 

66,000

 

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

 

982,740

 

135,392

 

Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund, Inc.

 

2,141,901

 

 

 

14,406,504

 

Retail 6.5%

 

 

 

9,000

 

Suburban Propane Partners L.P.

 

428,220

 

240,000

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

 

12,976,800

 

 

 

13,405,020

 

Tobacco Products 0.3%

 

 

 

10,800

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 

528,984

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL DOMESTIC COMMON STOCKS

 

 

 

(Cost $105,959,442)

 

133,948,095

 

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN COMMON STOCKS 12.7%

 

 

 

Australia 0.2%

 

 

 

983,610

 

ING Office Fund

 

533,315

 

 

 

 

 

Canada 0.7%

 

 

 

10,200

 

Bank of Nova Scotia

 

463,372

 

44,000

 

Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A

 

1,044,592

 

 

 

1,507,964

 

Germany 0.4%

 

 

 

9,000

 

RWE AG

 

763,480

 

 

 

 

 

Hong Kong 4.2%

 

 

 

185,000

 

Cheung Kong Holdings, Ltd.

 

2,257,042

 

10,500

 

Guoco Group, Ltd.

 

108,015

 

600,000

 

Hang Lung Properties, Ltd.

 

2,291,891

 

500,000

 

Henderson Investment, Ltd.

 

39,293

 

104,500

 

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.

 

706,122

 

1,500,000

 

Midland Holdings, Ltd.

 

1,416,489

 

650,000

 

Wheelock & Co., Ltd.

 

1,821,338

 

 

 

8,640,190

 

Japan 0.0%(1)

 

 

 

105

 

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

 

259

 

 

 

 

 

Netherlands 3.4%

 

 

 

120,000

 

Heineken Holding NV

 

4,894,608

 

31,663

 

Heineken NV

 

1,555,126

 

20,000

 

Unilever NV

 

601,852

 

 

 

7,051,586

 

New Zealand 1.7%

 

 

 

4,898,490

 

Kiwi Income Property Trust

 

3,454,579

 

 

 

 

 

Singapore 0.6%

 

 

 

906,666

 

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

 

1,244,836

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey 0.0%(1)

 

 

 

57,183

 

Dogus Ge Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi A.S.*

 

47,699

 

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom 1.5%

 

 

 

25,000

 

Diageo PLC, Sponsored ADR

 

1,632,000

 

40,000

 

GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Sponsored ADR

 

1,485,600

 

 

 

3,117,600

 

TOTAL FOREIGN COMMON STOCKS

 

 

 

(Cost $22,668,138)

 

26,361,508

 

 



 

AUCTION PREFERRED SECURITIES 3.9%

 

 

 

228

 

Advent Claymore Global Convertible Securities & Income Fund, Series W(2)

 

5,130,000

 

108

 

Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust, Series B(2)

 

2,430,000

 

26

 

Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income Fund, Series A(2)

 

585,000

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL AUCTION PREFERRED SECURITIES

 

 

 

(Cost $8,981,220)

 

8,145,000

 

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS 1.3%

 

 

 

New Zealand 1.3%

 

 

 

3,687,000
NZD

 

New Zealand Treasury Bonds, 6.000% due 11/15/2011

 

2,672,476

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS

 

 

 

(Amortized Cost $2,784,283)

 

2,672,476

 

 

 

 

 

LIMITED PARTERNSHIPS 3.1%

 

 

 

5

 

Ithan Creek Partners, L.P.*(2)

 

6,318,045

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS

 

 

 

(Cost $5,000,000)

 

6,318,045

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LONG TERM INVESTMENTS

 

 

 

(Cost $145,393,083)

 

177,445,124

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 14.1%

 

 

 

DOMESTIC GOVERNMENT BONDS 13.3%

 

 

 

$

27,500,000

 

United States Treasury Bills DN, 0.070% due 03/25/2010

 

27,498,717

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL DOMESTIC GOVERNMENT BONDS

 

 

 

(Amortized Cost $27,498,717)

 

27,498,717

 

 

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS 0.8%

 

 

 

1,634,731

 

Dreyfus Treasury Cash Management Money Market Fund, Institutional Class, 7-Day Yield - 0.00004%

 

1,634,731

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

 

 

 

(Cost $1,634,731)

 

1,634,731

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS

 

 

 

(Cost $29,133,448)

 

29,133,448

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS 99.9%

 

 

 

 

(Cost $174,526,531)

 

206,578,572

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 0.1%

 

123,072

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS AVAILABLE TO COMMON AND PREFERRED STOCK 100.0%

 

206,701,644

 

 

 

 

 

AUCTION MARKET PREFERRED STOCK (AMPS) REDEMPTION VALUE

 

(25,000,000)

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS AVAILABLE TO COMMON STOCK

 

$

181,701,644

 

 


*                 Non-income producing security.

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

(2)       Fair valued security under procedures established by the Fund’s Board of Directors. Total market of fair valued securities as of February 28, 2010 is $14,463,304, or 7.00% of Total Net Assets Available to Common and Preferred Stock.

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

 

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

 



 

Common Abbreviations:

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

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

DN - Discount Note

L.P. - Limited Partnership

Ltd. - Limited

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

NZD - New Zealand Dollar

PLC - Public Limited Company

 

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 Notes to Quarterly Portfolio of Investments.

 



 

Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc.

February 28, 2010 (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 co-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 has adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification™ (“ASC”), issued in June 2009. The Fund follows the provisions of ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”). In accordance with ASC 820, 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. ASC 820 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, 2010 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, multi-dimensional relational pricing model, and underlying security.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of February 28, 2010 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:

 



 

Investments in Securities at
Value

 

Level 1 - Quoted
Prices

 

Level 2 - Significant
Observable Inputs

 

Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

 

Total

 

Domestic Common Stocks

 

$

133,948,095

 

$

 

$

 

$

133,948,095

 

Foreign Common Stocks

 

26,361,249

 

 

259

 

26,361,508

 

Auction Preferred Securities

 

 

8,145,000

 

 

8,145,000

 

Foreign Government Bonds

 

 

2,672,476

 

 

2,672,476

 

Limited Partnerships

 

 

 

6,318,045

 

6,318,045

 

Short Term Investments - Domestic Government Bonds

 

27,498,717

 

 

 

27,498,717

 

Short Term Investments — Money Market Funds

 

1,634,731

 

 

 

1,634,731

 

Total

 

$

189,442,792

 

$

10,817,476

 

$

6,318,304

 

$

206,578,572

 

 

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

 

Investments in Securities at
Value

 

Balance as
of 11/30/2009

 

Realized
gain/(loss)

 

Change in
unrealized
appreciation

 

Net
purchases/
(sales)

 

Transfer in
and/or out of
Level 3

 

Balance as of
2/28/2010

 

Foreign Common Stocks

 

$

243

 

 

$

16

 

 

 

$

259

 

Limited Partnerships

 

6,213,812

 

 

104,233

 

 

 

6,318,045

 

Total

 

$

6,214,055

 

$

 

$

104,249

 

$

 

$

 

$

6,318,304

 

 

Foreign Securities: The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in foreign securities. Foreign securities may carry more risk than U.S. securities, such as political, market and currency risks. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies, investments and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. 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.

 

Use of Estimates: The preparation of financial statements is in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Note 2.  Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)

 

On February 28, 2010, based on cost of $174,452,997 for federal income tax purposes, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there is an excess of value over tax cost was $36,001,067 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there is an excess of tax cost over value was $3,875,492, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $32,125,575.

 

Note 3. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements” that requires additional disclosures regarding fair value measurements. Certain required disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, and other required disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the impact it will have on its 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, 2010

 

 

 

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, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Carl D. Johns

 

 

Carl D. Johns, Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

April 27, 2010