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Chou Associates

Q4 2014 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Dec 31, 2014
Filed
Feb 9, 2015
US stock
$382M · prev $395M
Positions
23 · prev 25
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture100.0% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 100.0%
  • 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 0.0%

Moves12 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 10 equal-sized positions

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

Moderate turnover · 35% a year, about 2.8 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions61% of US stock

  1. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products trimmed+0.50 pp trimmed+0.5018.8%
  2. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held17.8%
  3. NOK Nokia Corporation held held10.3%
  4. SHLD Sears Holdings Corp added+1.98 pp added+1.987.7%
  5. unresolved Jpmorgan Chase & Co new+6.13 pp new+6.136.1%

Positions23 in this filing · 5 exited

7AB1Resolute Forest Products18.81%4,081,218$72Mtrimmed−1%+0.50 pp7 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.17.75%300$68Mheld—7 q
NOKNokia Corporation10.29%5,000,000$39Mheld—7 q
SHLDSears Holdings Corp7.74%896,088$30Madded+12%+1.98 pp7 q
unresolvedJpmorgan Chase & Co6.13%1,126,347$23Mnew+6.13 ppnew
CCitigroup Inc.5.81%410,000$22Mheld—7 q
unresolvedWells Fargo Warrants, 34.01 St5.58%997,500$21Mheld—7 q
SNYSanofi4.90%410,000$19Mheld—7 q
SHOSSears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.4.55%1,322,209$17Madded+49%+0.63 pp2 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.3.81%75,000$15Mheld—7 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.3.70%582,271$14Mheld—7 q
MBIMBIA Inc.2.71%1,080,797$10Mheld—7 q
SRSCQSears Canada Inc1.96%775,149$7Mnew+1.96 ppnew
unresolvedBank Of America Corporation1.54%836,825$6Mheld—7 q
BBBlackBerry Limited1.52%529,040$6Mheld—6 q
CHTChunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd1.02%132,088$4Mheld—7 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V0.74%67,446$3Mnew+0.74 ppnew
Ascent Capital Group Incconvertible0.58%2,683,000$2Mheld—2 q
unresolvedRyanair Holdings PLC ADR0.32%17,000$1Mheld—7 q
AZNNAstrazeneca Plc-spons ADR0.24%13,000$923,000held—5 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.12%25,537$458,000held—7 q
BPBP p.l.c.0.10%10,000$381,000trimmed−1%−0.02 pp7 q
unresolvedGlaxosmithkline PLC0.10%18,000$386,000held—5 q
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.—−1,126,347—exited−6.44 pp—
LELands' End, Inc.—−151,696—exited−1.77 pp—
UTSIUTStarcom Holdings Corp (Cayman Islands)—−113,627—exited−0.10 pp—
VODVodafone Group PLC—−5,454—exited−0.05 pp—
VZVerizon Communications—−2,630—exited−0.04 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 6 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet