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Chou Associates

Q3 2013 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Sep 30, 2013
Filed
Oct 23, 2013
US stock
$864M · prev $357M
Positions
25 · prev 24
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture47.8% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 47.8%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 52.2%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves13 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 3 equal-sized positions

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

High turnover · 151% a year, about 0.7 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions79% of US stock

  1. Atlanticus Holdings Corp convertible new+57.56 pp new+57.5657.6%
  2. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products added−7.51 pp added−7.516.3%
  3. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held5.9%
  4. SHLD Sears Holdings Corp added−2.52 pp added−2.525.5%
  5. unresolved Dell Inc held held4.0%

Positions25 in this filing · 3 exited

Atlanticus Holdings Corpconvertible57.56%12,300,000$498Mnew+57.56 ppnew
7AB1Resolute Forest Products6.31%4,127,259$55Madded+10%−7.51 pp2 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.5.91%300$51Mheld—2 q
SHLDSears Holdings Corp5.54%803,526$48Madded+18%−2.52 pp2 q
unresolvedDell Inc3.98%2,500,000$34Mheld—2 q
NOKNokia Corporation3.77%500,000$33Mtrimmed−90%−1.47 pp2 q
SNYSanofi2.40%410,000$21Mheld—2 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.2.38%694,471$21Mtrimmed−36%−6.20 pp2 q
CCitigroup Inc.2.30%410,000$20Mheld—2 q
unresolvedJpmorgan Chase & Co2.18%1,126,347$19Mheld—2 q
unresolvedWells Fargo Warrants, 34.01 St1.62%997,500$14Mheld—2 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.1.37%75,000$12Mheld—2 q
unresolvedActavis Inc1.28%76,705$11Mtrimmed−59%−5.28 pp2 q
MBIMBIA Inc.1.28%1,080,797$11Mheld—2 q
unresolvedBank Of America Corporation0.59%836,825$5Mheld—2 q
CHTChunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd0.48%132,088$4Mheld—2 q
unresolvedRadioshack Corp0.31%794,071$3Mheld—2 q
unresolvedPrimus Telecommunications Gr0.18%451,022$2Mheld—2 q
BBBlackBerry Limited0.17%185,000$1Mnew+0.17 ppnew
unresolvedRyanair Holdings PLC ADR0.10%17,000$846,000trimmed−37%−0.29 pp2 q
unresolvedSprint Corporation0.08%110,770$688,000new+0.08 ppnew
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.07%25,537$607,000held—2 q
BPBP p.l.c.0.05%10,000$420,000held—2 q
unresolvedVodafone Group PLC New0.04%10,000$352,000held—2 q
UTSIUTStarcom Holdings Corp (Cayman Islands)0.04%113,627$312,000new+0.04 ppnew
unresolvedSprint Nextel Corp—−423,200—exited−0.83 pp—
unresolvedResearch In Motion—−185,000—exited−0.54 pp—
unresolvedUtstarcom Holdings Corp—−113,627—exited−0.08 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 2

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Mannkind Corp76.60%7,300,000$723M
Level 3 Communications23.40%1,470,000$221M

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
2 defects · 10 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 20478NAD3
  • A security outside the official 13F list — CUSIP 20478NAD3 not on the Official 13(f) List for 2013-09-30