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Chou Associates

Q4 2020 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Dec 31, 2020
Filed
Feb 15, 2021
US stock
$130M · prev $99M
Positions
16 · prev 18
Options notional
$6M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture95.5% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 95.5%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.0%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 4.5%

Moves7 since the prior filing

0.0 pp in · −2.9 pp out

Options: 2 moves on a notional base, in the table below.

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 5 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 10% a year, about 9.6 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions83% of US stock

  1. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held26.8%
  2. BHC Bausch Health Companies Inc held held24.6%
  3. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products held held23.0%
  4. WFC Wells Fargo & Co. held held4.9%
  5. GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. trimmed−0.18 pp trimmed−0.183.6%

Positions16 in this filing · 2 exited

BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.26.75%100$35Mheld—31 q
BHCBausch Health Companies Inc24.62%1,538,992$32Mheld—10 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products23.00%4,571,960$30Mheld—31 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.4.86%209,542$6Mheld—10 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.3.65%18,000$5Mtrimmed−10%−0.18 pp31 q
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.3.35%34,275$4Mheld—10 q
CCitigroup Inc.3.21%67,695$4Mheld—31 q
MBIMBIA Inc.3.14%619,530$4Mtrimmed−5%−0.62 pp31 q
BBBlackBerry Limited2.19%429,040$3Mheld—30 q
MGAMagna International1.09%20,000$1Mheld—9 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.1.01%21,000$1Mheld—22 q
DVADaVita Inc.0.97%10,743$1Mtrimmed−53%−0.88 pp11 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.92%73,364$1Mheld—31 q
BACBank of America Corporation0.43%18,376$557,000held—10 q
unresolvedFiat Chrysler Automobiles NV s0.42%30,000$543,000held—9 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.39%4,575$503,000held—21 q
SAVEQSpirit Airlines, Inc.—−50,000—exited−0.77 pp—
ALGTAllegiant Travel Company—−4,317—exited−0.49 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 2

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
Resolute Fst Prods Inc CALL56.42%525,000$3M
Blackberry Ltd CALL43.58%400,000$3M

Notes 0

None in this filing

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
2 defects · 1 unresolved
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 09228F903
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 76117W909