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Chou Associates

Q4 2013 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Dec 31, 2013
Filed
Feb 4, 2014
US stock
$350M · prev $864M
Positions
22 · prev 25
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture99.3% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 99.3%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.8%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves13 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 9 equal-sized positions

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

Moderate turnover · 55% a year, about 1.8 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions64% of US stock

  1. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products added+13.06 pp added+13.0619.4%
  2. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held15.3%
  3. NOK Nokia Corporation added+7.83 pp added+7.8311.6%
  4. SHLD Sears Holdings Corp held held11.3%
  5. SNY Sanofi held held6.3%

Positions22 in this filing · 6 exited

7AB1Resolute Forest Products19.37%4,227,259$68Madded+2%+13.06 pp3 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.15.27%300$53Mheld—3 q
NOKNokia Corporation11.60%5,000,000$41Madded×10.0+7.83 pp3 q
SHLDSears Holdings Corp11.27%803,526$39Mheld—3 q
SNYSanofi6.29%410,000$22Mheld—3 q
unresolvedJpmorgan Chase & Co6.25%1,126,347$22Mheld—3 q
CCitigroup Inc.6.11%410,000$21Mheld—3 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.5.13%582,271$18Mtrimmed−16%+2.75 pp3 q
unresolvedWells Fargo Warrants, 34.01 St4.52%997,500$16Mheld—3 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.3.80%75,000$13Mheld—3 q
MBIMBIA Inc.3.69%1,080,797$13Mheld—3 q
unresolvedActavis PLC1.70%35,400$6Mnew+1.70 ppnew
unresolvedBank Of America Corporation1.55%836,825$5Mheld—3 q
BBBlackBerry Limited1.20%529,040$4Madded×2.9+1.03 pp2 q
CHTChunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd1.17%132,088$4Mheld—3 q
unresolvedRyanair Holdings PLC ADR0.23%17,000$798,000held—3 q
AZNNAstrazeneca Plc-spons ADR0.22%13,000$766,000new+0.22 ppnew
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.15%25,537$533,000held—3 q
BPBP p.l.c.0.14%10,000$486,000held—3 q
unresolvedGlaxosmithkline PLC0.14%18,000$478,000new+0.14 ppnew
unresolvedVodafone Group PLC New0.11%10,000$393,000held—3 q
UTSIUTStarcom Holdings Corp (Cayman Islands)0.09%113,627$315,000held—2 q
Atlanticus Holdings Corpconvertible—−12,300,000—exited−57.56 pp—
unresolvedDell Inc—−2,500,000—exited−3.98 pp—
unresolvedActavis Inc—−76,705—exited−1.28 pp—
unresolvedRadioshack Corp—−794,071—exited−0.31 pp—
unresolvedPrimus Telecommunications Gr—−451,022—exited−0.18 pp—
unresolvedSprint Corporation—−110,770—exited−0.08 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 1

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Level 3 Communications100.00%79,352$3M

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 7 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet