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Chou Associates

Q3 2015 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Sep 30, 2015
Filed
Oct 23, 2015
US stock
$291M · prev $327M
Positions
24 · prev 23
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture96.1% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 96.1%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 3.9%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.0%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves8 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 11 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 20% a year, about 5.1 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions56% of US stock

  1. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held20.1%
  2. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products added−1.82 pp added−1.8212.2%
  3. NOK Nokia Corporation trimmed+0.88 pp trimmed+0.888.7%
  4. unresolved Jpmorgan Chase & Co held held7.7%
  5. C Citigroup Inc. held held7.0%

Positions24 in this filing · 2 exited

BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.20.12%300$59Mheld—10 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products12.22%4,281,218$36Madded+5%−1.82 pp10 q
NOKNokia Corporation8.73%3,750,000$25Mtrimmed−25%+0.88 pp10 q
unresolvedJpmorgan Chase & Co7.70%1,126,347$22Mheld—4 q
CCitigroup Inc.6.99%410,000$20Mheld—10 q
SHLDSears Holdings Corp6.96%896,088$20Mheld—10 q
SNYSanofi6.69%410,000$19Mheld—10 q
unresolvedWells Fargo Warrants, 34.01 St6.20%997,500$18Mheld—10 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.4.48%75,000$13Mheld—10 q
SHOSSears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.3.64%1,322,209$11Mheld—5 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.3.43%582,271$10Mheld—10 q
unresolvedAscent Cap Group Inc2.98%316,591$9Mnew+2.98 ppnew
MBIMBIA Inc.2.26%1,080,797$7Mheld—10 q
SRSCQSears Canada Inc1.73%775,149$5Mheld—4 q
unresolvedBank Of America Corporation1.65%836,825$5Mheld—10 q
BBBlackBerry Limited1.11%529,040$3Mheld—9 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N C0.92%67,446$3Mnew+0.92 ppnew
Ascent Capital Group Incconvertible0.67%2,683,000$2Mheld—5 q
unresolvedRyanair Holdings PLC ADR0.46%17,000$1Mheld—10 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.31%73,364$908,000added×2.9+0.18 pp10 q
AZNNAstrazeneca Plc-spons ADR0.28%13,000$822,000held—8 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.0.25%21,000$736,000new+0.25 ppnew
unresolvedGlaxosmithkline PLC0.12%18,000$344,000held—8 q
BPBP p.l.c.0.11%10,000$306,000held—10 q
ASCMAAscent Capital Group, Inc. Series A—−140,000—exited−1.83 pp—
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V—−67,446—exited−1.03 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
4 defects · 7 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 43632108
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 16725109
  • A security outside the official 13F list — CUSIP 16725109 not on the Official 13(f) List for 2015-09-30
  • A security outside the official 13F list — CUSIP 43632108 not on the Official 13(f) List for 2015-09-30