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Chou Associates

Q3 2017 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Sep 30, 2017
Filed
Nov 7, 2017
US stock
$281M · prev $319M
Positions
23 · prev 25
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture98.3% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 98.3%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 1.7%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves7 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 12 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 positions54% of US stock

  1. unresolved Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl held held15.6%
  2. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held14.7%
  3. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products held held8.9%
  4. unresolved Wells Fargo Warrants, 34.01 St held held7.7%
  5. SNY Sanofi held held7.3%

Positions23 in this filing · 2 exited

unresolvedValeant Pharmaceuticals Intl15.56%3,053,843$44Mheld—7 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.14.65%150$41Mheld—18 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products8.91%4,963,423$25Mheld—18 q
unresolvedWells Fargo Warrants, 34.01 St7.65%997,500$22Mheld—18 q
SNYSanofi7.26%410,000$20Mheld—18 q
unresolvedJpmorgan Chase & Co7.03%366,347$20Mtrimmed−42%−2.89 pp12 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.6.32%75,000$18Mheld—18 q
CCitigroup Inc.5.43%210,000$15Mtrimmed−32%−1.10 pp18 q
MBIMBIA Inc.3.34%1,080,797$9Mheld—18 q
TEVATeva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited3.16%505,000$9Mheld—3 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.3.03%286,650$9Mtrimmed−51%+0.04 pp18 q
SHLDSears Holdings Corp2.94%1,131,610$8Mheld—18 q
ENDPQEndo International PLC2.89%950,000$8Mheld—3 q
BBBlackBerry Limited2.10%529,040$6Mheld—17 q
unresolvedBank Of America Corporation2.06%436,825$6Mtrimmed−19%+0.02 pp18 q
NOKNokia Corporation1.81%850,000$5Mtrimmed−32%−0.61 pp18 q
ASCMAAscent Capital Group, Inc. Series A1.42%306,000$4Mheld—6 q
SHOSSears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.1.20%1,322,209$3Mheld—13 q
SDSandRidge Energy, Inc.1.12%156,623$3Mheld—4 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.62%16,575$2Mheld—8 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.58%73,364$2Mheld—18 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.0.52%21,000$1Mheld—9 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V0.40%67,446$1Mheld—6 q
SRSCQSears Canada Inc—−775,149—exited−0.17 pp—
unresolvedGeneral Mtrs Co—−13,019—exited−0.07 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 2

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Atlanticus Holdings Corp56.55%5,800,000$3M
Ascent Capital Group Inc43.45%2,683,000$2M

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 5 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet