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Q4 2013 13F · by Steven Check, CIO

As of
Dec 31, 2013
Filed
Jan 15, 2014
US stock
$661M · prev $615M
Positions
46 · prev 47
Options notional
$158M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture80.7% US stock

Mostly picture · of what this 13F reports is US stock

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 80.7%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.0%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 19.3%

Moves49 since the prior filing

+5.3 pp in · −5.3 pp out

Options: 3 moves on a notional base, in the table below.

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 7 equal-sized positions

  1. Very concentrated
  2. Concentrated
  3. Focused
  4. Diversified

Low turnover · 21% a year, about 4.7 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions65% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B added+0.06 pp added+0.0632.0%
  2. WFC Wells Fargo & Co. added+0.42 pp added+0.4212.6%
  3. IBM International Business Machines Corporation added+0.23 pp added+0.238.7%
  4. WMT Walmart Inc. trimmed−1.30 pp trimmed−1.306.4%
  5. AFL Aflac Inc. trimmed−1.12 pp trimmed−1.125.1%

Positions46 in this filing · 6 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B31.96%1,782,399$211Madded+3%+0.06 pp3 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.12.63%1,839,683$84Madded+1%+0.42 pp3 q
IBMInternational Business Machines Corporation8.74%308,145$58Madded+9%+0.23 pp3 q
WMTWalmart Inc.6.43%539,990$42Mtrimmed−16%−1.30 pp3 q
AFLAflac Inc.5.08%502,905$34Mtrimmed−18%−1.12 pp3 q
QCOMQualcomm Inc5.01%446,367$33Madded+5%+0.36 pp3 q
unresolvedMedtronic Inc4.41%508,701$29Madded+9%+0.38 pp3 q
unresolvedDirectv3.87%370,530$26Madded+6%+0.48 pp3 q
FISVFiserv, Inc.3.52%393,688$23Mtrimmed−2%+0.21 pp3 q
ORCLOracle Corp3.39%585,449$22Madded+9%+0.49 pp3 q
BBYD20230930-DK-BUTTERFLY-1 Inc2.63%216,306$17Mtrimmed−1%−0.13 pp3 q
ABTAbbott Laboratories2.62%451,886$17Madded+10%+0.39 pp3 q
99803EURLaboratory Crp Of Amer Hldgs2.27%164,093$15Madded×2.3+1.11 pp3 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson1.56%112,410$10Mtrimmed−7%−0.15 pp3 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.1.37%51$9Mtrimmed−2%−0.07 pp3 q
MCDMcDonald's Corporation1.28%87,333$8Mtrimmed−53%−1.60 pp3 q
USBU.S. Bancorp1.15%188,823$8Mnew+1.15 ppnew
PGProcter & Gamble Company0.29%23,712$2Mtrimmed−30%−0.13 pp3 q
AAPLApple Inc.0.25%2,971$2Mheld—3 q
KOCoca-Cola Company0.11%17,165$709,000trimmed−1%0.00 pp3 q
COPConocoPhillips0.09%8,300$586,000trimmed−1%−0.01 pp3 q
GLWCorning Incorporated0.09%32,483$579,000trimmed−1%+0.01 pp3 q
unresolvedEnsco PLC0.09%10,820$619,000added+17%+0.01 pp2 q
INTCIntel Corp0.08%19,126$496,000added0%+0.01 pp3 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp0.08%13,592$508,000trimmed−81%−0.30 pp3 q
TAT&T Inc.0.07%12,438$437,000added+57%+0.03 pp3 q
unresolvedProshares Short S&P 5000.07%17,800$449,000held—3 q
unresolvedRock-tenn Company -cl A0.07%4,470$469,000new+0.07 ppnew
SUNEQSunedison Inc0.07%36,811$480,000trimmed−3%+0.02 pp3 q
PEPPepsiCo, Inc.0.06%4,889$405,000trimmed−87%−0.44 pp3 q
CSCOCisco Systems, Inc. (DE)0.05%16,050$360,000added+55%+0.01 pp3 q
FFIVF5, Inc.0.05%4,000$363,000trimmed−12%−0.01 pp3 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co0.05%12,722$357,000trimmed−1%0.00 pp3 q
HALHalliburton Company0.05%6,751$343,000held—3 q
NOVNOV Inc.0.05%4,260$339,000trimmed−0%0.00 pp3 q
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.0.05%3,516$318,000trimmed−2%0.00 pp3 q
unresolvedVodafone Group PLC New0.05%8,700$342,000held—3 q
unresolvedBroadcom Corp0.04%8,300$246,000new+0.04 ppnew
CSXCSX Corporation0.04%8,075$232,000trimmed−5%0.00 pp2 q
XOMExxon Mobil Corp0.04%2,675$271,000added+8%+0.01 pp2 q
unresolvedMonsanto Co0.04%2,500$291,000held—2 q
UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED (Delaware)0.04%3,700$279,000trimmed−8%−0.01 pp3 q
CVXChevron Corporation0.03%1,610$201,000new+0.03 ppnew
unresolvedE M C Corp Mass0.03%8,000$201,000new+0.03 ppnew
FFord Motor Company0.03%12,200$188,000held—3 q
unresolvedSmith Micro Software0.02%102,800$152,000trimmed−8%0.00 pp3 q
METAMeta Platforms, Inc. Class A—−7,000—exited−0.06 pp—
AMGNAmgen Inc—−3,000—exited−0.05 pp—
INGRIngredion Incorporated—−4,700—exited−0.05 pp—
unresolvedProshs Ultrashrt S&p500 Prosha—−9,126—exited−0.05 pp—
FDXFedEx Corporation—−1,900—exited−0.04 pp—
NVDANvidia Corp—−14,955—exited−0.04 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 4

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
BRK.B CALL79.97%1,066,700$126M
IBM CALL11.94%100,700$19M
WFC CALL5.27%183,400$8M
QCOM CALL2.82%60,000$4M

Notes 0

None in this filing

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 11 unresolved
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet