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Chou Associates

Q1 2016 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Mar 31, 2016
Filed
May 11, 2016
US stock
$308M · prev $467M
Positions
25 · prev 24
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· 1 amendment

Picture92.3% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 92.3%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 7.7%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.0%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves4 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 14 equal-sized positions

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

Moderate turnover · 38% a year, about 2.7 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions48% of US stock

  1. Ascent Capital Group Inc convertible held held12.9%
  2. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. trimmed−2.30 pp trimmed−2.3010.4%
  3. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products added+1.15 pp added+1.158.8%
  4. unresolved Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl new+8.35 pp new+8.358.3%
  5. NOK Nokia Corporation held held7.2%

Revealed late, restated

restated 0 rows corrected by the filer · US stock −32.33%; later quarters recomputed 13F-HR/A · May 11, 2016 ↗

Positions25 in this filing · 0 exited

Ascent Capital Group Incconvertible12.92%2,683,000$40Mheld—7 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.10.41%150$32Mtrimmed−50%−2.30 pp12 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products8.78%4,904,752$27Madded+4%+1.15 pp12 q
unresolvedValeant Pharmaceuticals Intl8.35%976,843$26Mnew+8.35 ppnew
NOKNokia Corporation7.20%3,750,000$22Mheld—12 q
unresolvedAscent Cap Group Inc6.87%340,000$21Mheld—3 q
unresolvedJpmorgan Chase & Co6.48%1,126,347$20Mheld—6 q
CCitigroup Inc.5.56%410,000$17Mheld—12 q
SNYSanofi5.35%410,000$16Mheld—12 q
SHLDSears Holdings Corp5.13%1,031,610$16Madded+15%+1.18 pp12 q
unresolvedWells Fargo Warrants, 34.01 St5.08%997,500$16Mheld—12 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.3.83%75,000$12Mheld—12 q
MBIMBIA Inc.3.11%1,080,797$10Mheld—12 q
SHOSSears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.2.76%1,322,209$9Mheld—7 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.2.72%582,271$8Mheld—12 q
BBBlackBerry Limited1.40%529,040$4Mheld—11 q
unresolvedBank Of America Corporation1.06%836,825$3Mheld—12 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N C0.80%67,446$2Mheld—3 q
SRSCQSears Canada Inc0.71%775,149$2Mheld—6 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.46%16,575$1Mheld—2 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.0.32%21,000$995,000held—3 q
AZNNAstrazeneca Plc-spons ADR0.24%13,000$730,000held—10 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.24%73,364$724,000held—12 q
unresolvedGlaxosmithkline PLC0.12%18,000$366,000held—10 q
BPBP p.l.c.0.10%10,000$302,000held—12 q

Source

Form
13F-HR/A
Reading
8 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 2016-03-31
  • A security outside the official 13F list — CUSIP 43632108 not on the Official 13(f) List for 2016-03-31
  • 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 2016-03-31
  • A security outside the official 13F list — CUSIP 43632108 not on the Official 13(f) List for 2016-03-31