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Chou Associates

Q1 2018 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Mar 31, 2018
Filed
May 11, 2018
US stock
$233M · prev $229M
Positions
22 · prev 22
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%

Moves2 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 9 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 positions63% of US stock

  1. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held19.3%
  2. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products held held16.4%
  3. unresolved Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl added+9.94 pp added+9.9411.3%
  4. unresolved Wells Fargo Warrants, 34.01 St held held8.2%
  5. GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. held held8.1%

Positions22 in this filing · 0 exited

BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.19.29%150$45Mheld—20 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products16.41%4,596,832$38Mheld—20 q
unresolvedValeant Pharmaceuticals Intl11.29%1,648,992$26Madded×11.1+9.94 pp9 q
unresolvedWells Fargo Warrants, 34.01 St8.23%997,500$19Mheld—20 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.8.12%75,000$19Mheld—20 q
SNYSanofi7.07%410,000$16Mheld—20 q
CCitigroup Inc.6.09%210,000$14Mheld—20 q
unresolvedJpmorgan Chase & Co4.99%166,977$12Mheld—14 q
MBIMBIA Inc.4.30%1,080,797$10Mheld—20 q
BBBlackBerry Limited2.61%529,040$6Mheld—19 q
ENDPQEndo International PLC2.25%880,000$5Madded×11.0+1.98 pp5 q
NOKNokia Corporation2.00%850,000$5Mheld—20 q
SHOSSears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.1.71%1,322,209$4Mheld—15 q
SHLDSears Holdings Corp1.30%1,131,610$3Mheld—20 q
unresolvedBank Of America Corporation1.17%149,476$3Mheld—20 q
SDSandRidge Energy, Inc.0.85%135,903$2Mheld—6 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.0.71%21,000$2Mheld—11 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.67%73,364$2Mheld—20 q
ASCMAAscent Capital Group, Inc. Series A0.48%306,000$1Mheld—8 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.24%4,575$562,000held—10 q
TEVATeva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited0.11%15,000$256,000held—5 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.0.10%6,650$241,000held—20 q

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 2

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Atlanticus Holdings Corp56.45%5,300,000$3M
Ascent Capital Group Inc43.55%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