Skip to content

Search

Search managers or tickers

Chou Associates

Q4 2017 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Dec 31, 2017
Filed
Feb 7, 2018
US stock
$229M · prev $281M
Positions
22 · prev 23
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture98.0% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 98.0%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 2.0%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves10 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 8 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 positions70% of US stock

  1. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products trimmed+13.27 pp trimmed+13.2722.2%
  2. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held19.5%
  3. unresolved Wells Fargo Warrants, 34.01 St held held12.0%
  4. GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. held held8.3%
  5. SNY Sanofi held held7.7%

Positions22 in this filing · 1 exited

7AB1Resolute Forest Products22.18%4,596,832$51Mtrimmed−7%+13.27 pp19 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.19.49%150$45Mheld—19 q
unresolvedWells Fargo Warrants, 34.01 St12.02%997,500$28Mheld—19 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.8.34%75,000$19Mheld—19 q
SNYSanofi7.70%410,000$18Mheld—19 q
CCitigroup Inc.6.82%210,000$16Mheld—19 q
unresolvedJpmorgan Chase & Co4.84%166,977$11Mtrimmed−54%−2.19 pp13 q
MBIMBIA Inc.3.45%1,080,797$8Mheld—19 q
BBBlackBerry Limited2.58%529,040$6Mheld—18 q
SHLDSears Holdings Corp1.77%1,131,610$4Mheld—19 q
NOKNokia Corporation1.73%850,000$4Mheld—19 q
ASCMAAscent Capital Group, Inc. Series A1.54%306,000$4Mheld—7 q
SHOSSears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.1.50%1,322,209$3Mheld—14 q
unresolvedValeant Pharmaceuticals Intl1.35%148,992$3Mtrimmed−95%−14.21 pp8 q
SDSandRidge Energy, Inc.1.25%135,903$3Mtrimmed−13%+0.13 pp5 q
unresolvedBank Of America Corporation1.15%149,476$3Mtrimmed−66%−0.91 pp19 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.77%73,364$2Mheld—19 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.0.72%21,000$2Mheld—10 q
ENDPQEndo International PLC0.27%80,000$620,000trimmed−92%−2.62 pp4 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.21%4,575$477,000trimmed−72%−0.41 pp9 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.0.19%6,650$425,000trimmed−98%−2.84 pp19 q
TEVATeva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited0.12%15,000$284,000trimmed−97%−3.04 pp4 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V—−67,446—exited−0.40 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 2

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Atlanticus Holdings Corp55.61%5,300,000$3M
Ascent Capital Group Inc44.39%2,683,000$2M

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 4 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet