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Chou Associates

Q2 2016 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Jun 30, 2016
Filed
Aug 4, 2016
US stock
$262M · prev $308M
Positions
27 · prev 25
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· 2 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%

Moves8 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 13 equal-sized positions

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

Moderate turnover · 36% a year, about 2.8 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions50% of US stock

  1. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held12.4%
  2. unresolved Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl added+2.77 pp added+2.7711.1%
  3. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products held held9.9%
  4. unresolved Jpmorgan Chase & Co held held8.7%
  5. NOK Nokia Corporation held held8.1%

Revealed late, restated

restated 17 rows corrected by the filer · US stock +2.11%; later quarters recomputed 13F-HR/A · Aug 4, 2016 ↗
restated 2 rows corrected by the filer · US stock −65.19%; later quarters recomputed 13F-HR/A · Aug 4, 2016 ↗

Positions27 in this filing · 2 exited

BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.12.42%150$33Mheld—13 q
unresolvedValeant Pharmaceuticals Intl11.12%1,446,843$29Madded+48%+2.77 pp2 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products9.90%4,904,752$26Mheld—13 q
unresolvedJpmorgan Chase & Co8.70%1,126,347$23Mheld—7 q
NOKNokia Corporation8.14%3,750,000$21Mheld—13 q
SHLDSears Holdings Corp7.44%1,431,610$19Madded+39%+2.31 pp13 q
CCitigroup Inc.6.63%410,000$17Mheld—13 q
SNYSanofi6.55%410,000$17Mheld—13 q
unresolvedWells Fargo Warrants, 34.01 St5.18%997,500$14Mheld—13 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.4.25%75,000$11Mheld—13 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.3.58%582,271$9Mheld—13 q
SHOSSears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.3.40%1,322,209$9Mheld—8 q
MBIMBIA Inc.2.82%1,080,797$7Mheld—13 q
ASCMAAscent Capital Group, Inc. Series A2.00%340,000$5Mnew+2.00 ppnew
BBBlackBerry Limited1.35%529,040$4Mheld—12 q
Atlanticus Holdings Corpconvertible1.31%7,800,000$3Mnew+1.31 ppnew
unresolvedBank Of America Corporation1.11%836,825$3Mheld—13 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V0.89%67,446$2Mnew+0.89 ppnew
SRSCQSears Canada Inc0.88%775,149$2Mheld—7 q
Ascent Capital Group Incconvertible0.58%2,683,000$2Mheld—8 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.44%16,575$1Mheld—3 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.0.36%21,000$935,000held—4 q
AZNNAstrazeneca Plc-spons ADR0.30%13,000$773,000held—11 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.30%73,364$794,000held—13 q
unresolvedGlaxosmithkline PLC0.15%18,000$384,000held—11 q
BPBP p.l.c.0.14%10,000$355,000held—13 q
unresolvedGeneral Mtrs Co0.05%13,019$136,000new+0.05 ppnew
unresolvedAscent Cap Group Inc—−340,000—exited−6.87 pp—
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N C—−67,446—exited−0.80 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR/A
Reading
2 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 security outside the official 13F list — CUSIP 43632108 not on the Official 13(f) List for 2016-06-30