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Chou Associates

Q4 2018 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Dec 31, 2018
Filed
Feb 13, 2019
US stock
$210M · prev $276M
Positions
24 · prev 22
Options notional
$10M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture94.2% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 94.2%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 1.2%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 4.6%

Moves8 since the prior filing

+0.6 pp in · +0.3 pp out

Options: 1 move on a notional base, in the table below.

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 8 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 4.2% a year, about 23.9 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions69% of US stock

  1. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held21.9%
  2. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products held held17.3%
  3. BHC Bausch Health Companies Inc held held14.5%
  4. WFC Wells Fargo & Co. held held9.6%
  5. SNY Sanofi trimmed+0.35 pp trimmed+0.356.2%

Positions24 in this filing · 0 exited

BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.21.88%150$46Mheld—23 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products17.29%4,571,960$36Mheld—23 q
BHCBausch Health Companies Inc14.52%1,648,992$30Mheld—2 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.9.55%434,542$20Mheld—2 q
SNYSanofi6.17%298,000$13Mtrimmed−17%+0.35 pp23 q
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.5.09%109,275$11Mheld—2 q
MBIMBIA Inc.4.05%952,531$8Mtrimmed−1%+0.34 pp23 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.3.98%50,000$8Mheld—23 q
DVADaVita Inc.3.45%140,743$7Mheld—3 q
CCitigroup Inc.3.23%130,000$7Mheld—23 q
ENDPQEndo International PLC3.06%880,000$6Mheld—8 q
BBBlackBerry Limited1.79%529,040$4Mheld—22 q
SAVEQSpirit Airlines, Inc.1.38%50,000$3Mheld—3 q
SHOSSears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc.1.32%1,301,960$3Mtrimmed−1%−0.03 pp18 q
BACBank of America Corporation1.10%93,376$2Mheld—2 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.0.55%21,000$1Mheld—14 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.44%73,364$913,000held—23 q
MGAMagna International0.43%20,000$909,000new+0.43 ppnew
ALGTAllegiant Travel Company0.21%4,317$433,000held—3 q
unresolvedFiat Chrysler Automobiles NV s0.21%30,000$434,000new+0.21 ppnew
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.16%4,575$326,000held—13 q
TEVATeva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited0.11%15,000$231,000held—8 q
ASCMAAscent Capital Group, Inc. Series A0.03%149,104$58,000trimmed−44%−0.14 pp11 q
SHLDSears Holdings Corp0.01%99,135$27,000trimmed−80%−0.17 pp23 q

Other 13(f) securities

Options 3

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
ENDPQ CALL49.50%700,000$5M
7AB1 CALL42.25%550,000$4M
SHOS CALL8.25%400,000$852,000

Notes 1

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Atlanticus Holdings Corp100.00%4,800,000$3M

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 1 unresolved
SEC cross-check
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