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Chou Associates

Q3 2016 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Sep 30, 2016
Filed
Oct 31, 2016
US stock
$265M · prev $262M
Positions
25 · prev 27
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture98.1% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 98.1%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 1.9%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves2 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 13 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 0.0% a year

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions53% of US stock

  1. unresolved Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl held held13.4%
  2. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held12.2%
  3. unresolved Jpmorgan Chase & Co held held10.5%
  4. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products held held8.8%
  5. NOK Nokia Corporation held held8.2%

Positions25 in this filing · 2 exited

unresolvedValeant Pharmaceuticals Intl13.40%1,446,843$36Mheld—3 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.12.24%150$32Mheld—14 q
unresolvedJpmorgan Chase & Co10.47%1,126,347$28Mheld—8 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products8.75%4,904,752$23Mheld—14 q
NOKNokia Corporation8.19%3,750,000$22Mheld—14 q
CCitigroup Inc.7.31%410,000$19Mheld—14 q
SHLDSears Holdings Corp6.19%1,431,610$16Mheld—14 q
SNYSanofi5.91%410,000$16Mheld—14 q
unresolvedWells Fargo Warrants, 34.01 St4.70%997,500$12Mheld—14 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.4.56%75,000$12Mheld—14 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.3.37%582,271$9Mheld—14 q
MBIMBIA Inc.3.18%1,080,797$8Mheld—14 q
ASCMAAscent Capital Group, Inc. Series A2.97%340,000$8Mheld—2 q
SHOSSears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.2.46%1,322,209$7Mheld—9 q
BBBlackBerry Limited1.59%529,040$4Mheld—13 q
unresolvedBank Of America Corporation1.46%836,825$4Mheld—14 q
SRSCQSears Canada Inc0.72%775,149$2Mheld—8 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V0.71%67,446$2Mheld—2 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.47%16,575$1Mheld—4 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.0.40%21,000$1Mheld—5 q
AZNNAstrazeneca Plc-spons ADR0.32%13,000$843,000held—12 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.30%73,364$796,000held—14 q
unresolvedGlaxosmithkline PLC0.14%18,000$383,000held—12 q
BPBP p.l.c.0.13%10,000$352,000held—14 q
unresolvedGeneral Mtrs Co0.07%13,019$182,000held—2 q
Atlanticus Holdings Corpconvertible—−7,800,000—exited−1.31 pp—
Ascent Capital Group Incconvertible—−2,683,000—exited−0.58 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 2

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Atlanticus Holdings Corp63.15%7,800,000$3M
Ascent Capital Group Inc36.85%2,683,000$2M

Source

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