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

811-07390

 

 

Boulder Total Return 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, 2007

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

February 28, 2007

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments. – The schedule of investments for the period ended February 28, 2007 is filed herewith.

 



 

Portfolio of Investments as of February 28, 2007

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

Boulder Total Return Fund, Inc.

 

Shares

 

Description

 

Value (Note 1)

 

LONG TERM INVESTMENTS—93.8%

 

 

 

DOMESTIC COMMON STOCKS—80.9%

 

 

 

Beverages—3.6%

 

 

 

260,500

 

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

 

12,785,340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buildings - Residential/Commercial—0.9%

 

 

 

18,700

 

Lennar Corp., Class A

 

920,788

 

15,000

 

MDC Holdings, Inc.

 

765,900

 

25,000

 

Pulte Homes, Inc.

 

739,000

 

31,000

 

Standard Pacific Corp.

 

791,430

 

 

 

 

 

3,217,118

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction Machinery—1.1%

 

 

 

60,000

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

 

3,865,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Processing - Management—0.4%

 

 

 

32,244

 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

 

1,481,612

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified—29.6%

 

 

 

690

 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class A

 

73,271,100

 

9,200

 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B

 

32,411,600

 

 

 

 

 

105,682,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services—1.2%

 

 

 

40,000

 

Legg Mason, Inc.

 

4,109,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Services—4.8%

 

 

 

293,360

 

Citigroup, Inc.

 

14,785,344

 

1,094,000

 

Doral Financial Corp.

 

2,373,980

 

 

 

 

 

17,159,324

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food—0.9%

 

 

 

63,000

 

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

 

3,137,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Products & Services—0.9%

 

 

 

52,000

 

Johnson & Johnson

 

3,278,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance—3.8%

 

 

 

53,000

 

American International Group, Inc.

 

3,556,300

 

73,363

 

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

 

1,760,712

 

120,000

 

First American Corporation

 

5,658,000

 

83,000

 

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

 

2,441,860

 

 

 

 

 

13,416,872

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manufacturing—3.4%

 

 

 

150,500

 

Eaton Corporation

 

12,190,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—0.7%

 

 

 

100,000

 

Pfizer, Inc.

 

2,496,000

 

 

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REITS—1.1%

 

 

 

75,000

 

Redwood Trust, Inc.

 

4,050,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail—15.7%

 

 

 

100,000

 

The Home Depot, Inc.

 

3,960,000

 

370,000

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

 

17,871,000

 

590,000

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

 

34,184,600

 

 

 

 

 

56,015,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RICS—7.0%

 

 

 

25,000

 

AEW Real Estate Income Fund

 

553,000

 

36,800

 

AIM Select Real Estate Income Fund

 

621,920

 

110,000

 

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies II Inc.

 

2,035,000

 

77,000

 

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Inc.

 

1,453,760

 

100,000

 

Cohen & Steers REIT and Utility Income Fund, Inc.

 

2,273,000

 

93,000

 

DWS RREEF Real Estate Fund II

 

1,835,820

 

160,000

 

Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust

 

1,417,600

 

12,600

 

First Trust/Four Corners Senior Floating Rate Income Fund

 

236,250

 

110,000

 

First Trust/Four Corners Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II

 

2,050,400

 

482,700

 

Flaherty & Crumrine Claymore Preferred Securities Income Fund, Inc.

 

10,527,687

 

96,300

 

Flaherty & Crumrine Claymore Total Return Fund, Inc.

 

2,082,006

 

 

 

 

 

25,086,443

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Savings & Loan Companies—4.7%

 

 

 

392,549

 

Washington Mutual, Inc.

 

16,911,011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transport - Trucking—1.1%

 

 

 

90,000

 

YRC Worldwide, Inc.

 

3,913,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Domestic Common Stocks (cost $184,789,621)

 

288,796,520

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN COMMON STOCKS—9.6%

 

 

 

Hong Kong—2.0%

 

 

 

290,000

 

Cheung Kong Holdings, Ltd.

 

3,554,331

 

6,156,000

 

Midland Holdings, Ltd.

 

3,735,064

 

 

 

 

 

7,289,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan—1.1%

 

 

 

772

 

New City Residence Investment Corporation, REIT

 

3,941,933

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netherlands—1.3%

 

 

 

95,117

 

Heineken NV

 

4,680,269

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Zealand—1.3%

 

 

 

4,150,136

 

Kiwi Income Property Trust, REIT

 

4,534,862

 

 

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United Kingdom—3.9%

 

 

 

75,000

 

Diageo PLC, Sponsored ADR

 

5,954,250

 

705,000

 

Lloyds TSB Group PLC

 

7,930,520

 

 

 

 

 

13,884,770

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Foreign Common Stocks (cost $25,290,188)

 

34,331,229

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUCTION MARKET PREFERRED SECURITIES—3.3%

 

 

 

160

 

BlackRock Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc., Series TH28

 

4,000,000

 

80

 

BlackRock Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc., Series W28

 

2,000,000

 

220

 

Clough Global Opportunities Fund, Series TH28

 

5,500,000

 

17

 

ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund, Series B

 

425,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Auction Market Preferred Securities (cost $11,925,000)

 

11,925,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Long Term Investments (cost $222,004,809)

 

335,052,749

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS—6.2%

 

 

 

 

Par

 

 

 

 

 

Value

 

Description

 

Value (Note 1)

 

BANK DEPOSIT—0.4%

 

 

 

1,448,000

 

Investors Bank & Trust Money Market Deposit Account, 4.200% due 3/01/07
(cost $1,448,000)

 

1,448,000

 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS—2.2%

 

 

 

New Zealand—0.6%

 

 

 

3,290,000

 

New Zealand Treasury Bill, .000% due 5/09/07 *

 

2,273,601

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom—1.6%

 

 

 

2,810,000

 

United Kingdom Treasuries, 8.500% due 7/16/07

 

5,569,968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Foreign Government Bonds (cost $7,555,888)

 

7,843,569

 

U.S. TREASURY BILLS—3.6%

 

 

 

7,500,000

 

4.930% due 3/08/07

 

7,492,810

 

5,500,000

 

5.015% due 3/29/07

 

5,478,547

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Bills (cost $12,971,357)

 

12,971,357

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Short Term Investments (cost $21,975,245)

 

22,262,926

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.0% (cost $243,980,054)

 

$

357,315,675

 

 

 

Other Assets and Liabilities — 0.0%

 

81,064

 

 

 

Total Net Assets Available to Common Stock and Preferred Stock — 100%

 

357,396,739

 

 

 

Auction Market Preferred Stock (AMPs) Redemption Value

 

(77,500,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets Available to Common Stock

 

279,896,739

 

 


 

 

Non-income producing security.

*

 

 

Zero coupon bond.

ADR

-

 

American Depository Receipt

REIT

-

 

Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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Boulder Total Return Fund, Inc.

February 28, 2007 (Unaudited)

 

Note 1. Valuation and Investment Practices

 

Portfolio Valuation:  The net asset value of the Fund’s Common Stock 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 shares by the number of shares of Common Stock 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 when quoted prices for investments are readily available. Investments for which market quotations are not readily available 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.

 

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 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 into US dollars at the exchange rate prevailing at the end of the period, and the purchase 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. The portion of foreign currency gains and losses related to fluctuation in exchange rates between the initial purchase trade date and the subsequent sale trade date is included in gains and losses on investment securities sold.

 

Repurchase Agreements: The Fund may engage in repurchase agreement transactions. The Fund’s Management reviews and approves periodically the eligibility of the banks and dealers with which the Fund enters into repurchase agreement transactions. The value of the collateral underlying such transactions is at least equal at all times to the total amount of the repurchase obligations, including interest. The Fund maintains possession of the collateral and, in the event of counterparty default, the Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset losses incurred. There is the possibility of loss to the Fund in the event the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral securities.

 

Note 2. Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)

 

On February 28, 2007, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on cost of $243,969,190 for federal income tax purposes was $113,346,485 consisting of $118,219,210  aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there is an excess of value over tax cost and $(4,872,725) aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there is an excess of tax cost over value.

 



 

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) were effective as of a date within 90 days prior to 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 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.

 

Certifications of the 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)) are attached hereto as Exhibit 99CERT.

 



 

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.

 

 

BOULDER TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.

 

 

By

/s/ Stephen C. Miller

 

 Stephen C. Miller, President

 

 (Principal Executive Officer)

 

Date

4/24/07

 

 

 

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

4/24/07

 

 

 

By

/s/ Carl D. Johns

 

 Carl D. Johns, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Treasurer

 

  (Principal Financial Officer)

 

Date

4/23/07