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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM N-Q


Quarterly Schedule of Portfolio Holdings of Registered Management Investment Companies

Investment Company Act file number 811-21770


SunAmerica Focused Alpha Growth Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


Harborside Financial Center, 3200 Plaza 5 Jersey City, NJ 07311

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)

Vincent M. Marra

Senior Vice President
AIG SunAmerica Asset Management Corp.
Harborside Financial Center,
3200 Plaza 5
Jersey City, NJ 07311
(Name and address of agent for service)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 324-6464

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2007




 

 
Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


 

SUNAMERICA FOCUSED ALPHA GROWTH FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — September 30, 2007 (unaudited)
                 
    Shares/        
    Principal     Value  
Security Description   Amount     (Note 1)  
COMMON STOCK — 93.7%
               
Aerospace/Defense — 9.5%
               
General Dynamics Corp.
    282,790     $ 23,887,272  
Lockheed Martin Corp.
    195,225       21,179,960  
 
             
 
            45,067,232  
 
             
Casino Hotels — 15.4%
               
Boyd Gaming Corp.
    250,000       10,712,500  
Las Vegas Sands Corp.†
    331,133       44,179,765  
Wynn Resorts, Ltd.
    115,000       18,119,400  
 
             
 
            73,011,665  
 
             
Casino Services — 1.6%
               
Scientific Games Corp., Class A†
    200,000       7,520,000  
 
             
Commercial Services — 1.1%
               
ChoicePoint, Inc.†
    140,000       5,308,800  
 
             
Computers — 11.3%
               
Apple, Inc.†
    181,308       27,838,030  
Hewlett-Packard Co.
    515,454       25,664,455  
 
             
 
            53,502,485  
 
             
Data Processing/Management — 1.3%
               
SEI Investments Co.
    230,000       6,274,400  
 
             
Diversified Minerals — 1.5%
               
HLTH Corp.†
    510,000       7,226,700  
 
             
Electric-Transmission — 2.2%
               
ITC Holdings Corp.
    215,000       10,653,250  
 
             
Finance-Investment Banker/Broker — 5.9%
               
Jefferies Group, Inc.
    300,000       8,349,000  
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    89,633       19,427,056  
 
             
 
            27,776,056  
 
             
Internet Security — 1.6%
               
CheckFree Corp.†
    167,500       7,795,450  
 
             
Investment Management/Advisor Services — 2.7%
               
Cohen & Steers, Inc.
    100,000       3,703,000  
Nuveen Investments Inc., Class A
    150,000       9,291,000  
 
             
 
            12,994,000  
 
             
Medical Instruments — 1.3%
               
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.†
    120,000       5,917,200  
 
             
Medical-Biomedical/Gene — 5.9%
               
Genentech, Inc.†
    361,030       28,167,561  
 
             
Medical-HMO — 5.7%
               
UnitedHealth Group Inc.
    559,433       27,093,340  
 
             
Medical-Nursing Homes — 2.4%
               
Manor Care, Inc.
    175,000       11,270,000  
 
             
Oil Companies-Exploration & Production — 1.4%
               
Encore Acquisition Co.†
    210,000       6,646,500  
 
             
Retail-Automobile — 1.6%
               
CarMax, Inc.†
    380,000       7,725,400  
 
             
Retail-Restaurants — 6.2%
               
McDonald’s Corp.
    541,885       29,516,476  
 
             
Retail-Sporting Goods — 3.5%
               
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.†
    250,000       16,787,500  
 
             
Schools — 2.7%
               
DeVry, Inc.
    350,000       12,953,500  
 
             
Soap & Cleaning Preparation — 1.0%
               
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    100,000       4,704,000  
 
             
Telephone-Integrated — 5.9%
               
AT&T Inc.
    662,172       28,016,497  
 
             
Transport-Services — 2.0%
               
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
    200,000       9,460,000  
 
             
Total Long-Term Investment Securities
               
(cost $348,555,155)
            445,388,012  
 
             
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 5.4%
               
Time Deposit — 3.5%
               
Euro Time Deposit with State Street Bank & Trust Co.
               
3.55% due 10/01/07
(cost $16,621,000)
  $ 16,621,000       16,621,000  
 
             
U.S. Government Treasuries — 1.9%
               
United States Treasury Bills
               
3.15% due 11/01/07
    1,849,000       1,843,824  
3.55% due 01/03/08
    1,868,000       1,850,685  
3.65% due 01/10/08
    3,180,000       3,147,436  
3.75% due 01/31/08
    1,306,000       1,289,403  
3.80% due 02/07/08
(cost $9,355,450)
    1,241,000       1,224,102  
 
             
 
            9,355,450  
 
             
Total Short-Term Investment Securities
               
(cost $25,976,450)
            25,976,450  
 
             
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
               
(cost $374,531,605) (1)
    99.1 %     471,364,462  
Other assets less liabilities
    0.9       4,079,850  
 
           
NET ASSETS
    100.0 %   $ 475,444,312  
 
           
 
  Non-income producing security
 
(1)   See Note 2 for cost of investments on a tax basis.
 
    See Notes to Portfolio of Investments


 

NOTES TO PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — September 30, 2007 — (unaudited)
Note 1. Security Valuation
Stocks are generally valued based upon closing sales prices reported on recognized securities exchanges. Stocks listed on the NASDAQ are valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). Generally, the NOCP will be the last sale price unless the reported trade for the stock is outside the range of the bid/ask price. In such cases, the NOCP will be normalized to the nearer of the bid or ask price. For listed securities having no sales reported and for unlisted securities, such securities will be valued based upon the last reported bid price.
As of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), securities traded primarily on security exchanges outside the United States are valued at the last sale price on such exchanges on the day of valuation, or if there is no sale on the day of valuation, at the last-reported bid price. If a security’s price is available from more than one exchange, the Fund uses the exchange that is the primary market for the security. However, depending on the foreign market, closing prices may be up to 15 hours old when they are used to price the Fund’s shares, and the Fund may determine that certain closing prices are unreliable. This determination will be based on review of a number of factors, including developments in foreign markets, the performance of U.S. securities markets, and the performance of instruments trading in U.S. markets that represent foreign securities and baskets of foreign securities. If the Fund determines that closing prices do not reflect the fair value of the securities, the Fund will adjust the previous closing prices in accordance with pricing procedures approved by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) to reflect what it believes to be the fair value of the securities as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE. The Fund may also fair value securities in other situations, for example, when a particular foreign market is closed but the Fund is open. For foreign equity securities, the Fund uses an outside pricing service to provide it with closing market prices and information used for adjusting those prices.
Short-term securities with 60 days or less to maturity are amortized to maturity based on their cost to the Fund if acquired within 60 days of maturity or, if already held by the Fund on the 60th day, are amortized to maturity based on the value determined on the 61st day.
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or where a development/significant event occurs that may significantly impact the value of the security, are fair valued, as determined pursuant to procedures adopted in good faith by the Board.
Note 2. Federal Income Taxes
As of September 30, 2007, the amounts of aggregate unrealized gain (loss) and the cost of investment securities for federal income tax purposes, including short-term securities, were as follows:
         
Cost (tax basis)
  $ 374,555,570  
 
     
Appreciation
  $ 103,877,391  
Depreciation
    (7,044,534 )
 
     
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
  $ 96,832,857  
 
     
Note 3. Other Information
The matter related to American International Group, Inc.’s (“AIG”) settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and other governmental authorities that was reported in recent shareholder reports has been resolved. With respect to such matter, in September 2007, the Commission issued a permanent exemptive order (the “Order”) pursuant to Section 9(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to AIG and certain affiliated persons of AIG, including AIG SunAmerica Asset Management Corp (“AIG SunAmerica”). The Order permits AIG SunAmerica to continue to provide advisory services to the Fund. There has been no adverse impact to the Fund or the Fund’s shareholders.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional information is available in the SunAmerica Focused Alpha Growth Fund, Inc.’s Annual and Semi-annual reports which may be obtained without charge from the EDGAR database on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 


 

 
Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

  a) An evaluation was performed within 90 days of the filing of this report, under the supervision and with the participation of the registrant’s management, including the President and Treasurer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, (as defined under Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))). Based on that evaluation, the registrant’s management, including the President and Treasurer, concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
 
  b) There was no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Item 3. Exhibits.
Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) attached hereto as Exhibit 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.

SunAmerica Focused Alpha Growth Fund, Inc.  

By:  /s/ Vincent M. Marra  
 
 
  Vincent M. Marra  
  President  
Date: November 29, 2007
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/ Vincent M. Marra  
 
 
  Vincent M. Marra  
  President  

Date: November 29, 2007

By:  /s/ Donna M. Handel  
 
 
  Donna M. Handel  
  Treasurer  
Date: November 29, 2007