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Chou Associates

Q2 2021 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Jun 30, 2021
Filed
Aug 12, 2021
US stock
$171M · prev $172M
Positions
15 · prev 16
Options notional
$58M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture74.8% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 74.8%
  • 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 25.2%

Moves5 since the prior filing

0.0 pp in · −2.6 pp out

Options: 1 move 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 · 13% a year, about 7.9 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions87% of US stock

  1. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products trimmed−0.84 pp trimmed−0.8428.1%
  2. BHC Bausch Health Companies Inc held held25.6%
  3. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held24.5%
  4. WFC Wells Fargo & Co. held held4.5%
  5. MBI MBIA Inc. held held3.9%

Positions15 in this filing · 1 exited

7AB1Resolute Forest Products28.10%3,940,460$48Mtrimmed−14%−0.84 pp33 q
BHCBausch Health Companies Inc25.62%1,495,000$44Mheld—12 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.24.47%100$42Mheld—33 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.4.49%169,542$8Mheld—12 q
MBIMBIA Inc.3.85%599,530$7Mheld—33 q
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.3.12%34,275$5Mheld—12 q
BBBlackBerry Limited2.86%400,000$5Mheld—32 q
CCitigroup Inc.2.39%57,695$4Mtrimmed−15%−0.46 pp33 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.1.58%7,100$3Mtrimmed−49%−1.07 pp33 q
MGAMagna International1.08%20,000$2Mheld—11 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.0.94%21,000$2Mheld—24 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.69%73,364$1Mheld—33 q
STLAStellantis N.V.0.35%30,000$591,000held—2 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.29%4,575$495,000held—23 q
LBTYALiberty Global Ltd. Class A0.19%12,000$326,000held—2 q
BACBank of America Corporation—−8,376—exited−0.19 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 4

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
Resolute Fst Prods Inc CALL53.34%2,518,500$31M
Bausch Health Cos Inc CALL30.54%600,000$18M
Blackberry Ltd CALL8.49%400,000$5M
Mbia Inc CALL7.64%400,000$4M

Notes 0

None in this filing

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
4 defects · 0 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 55262C900
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 76117W909
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 071734907