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Chou Associates

Q3 2021 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Sep 30, 2021
Filed
Nov 15, 2021
US stock
$159M · prev $171M
Positions
15 · prev 15
Options notional
$48M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture76.8% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 76.8%
  • 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 23.2%

Moves4 since the prior filing

0.0 pp in · −3.9 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 · 0.0% a year

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions87% of US stock

  1. BHC Bausch Health Companies Inc held held26.2%
  2. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held25.9%
  3. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products trimmed−3.42 pp trimmed−3.4224.7%
  4. WFC Wells Fargo & Co. held held5.0%
  5. MBI MBIA Inc. held held4.8%

Positions15 in this filing · 0 exited

BHCBausch Health Companies Inc26.18%1,495,000$42Mheld—13 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.25.86%100$41Mheld—34 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products24.68%3,299,460$39Mtrimmed−16%−3.42 pp34 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.4.95%169,542$8Mheld—13 q
MBIMBIA Inc.4.84%599,530$8Mheld—34 q
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.3.53%34,275$6Mheld—13 q
CCitigroup Inc.2.55%57,695$4Mheld—34 q
BBBlackBerry Limited2.34%382,900$4Mtrimmed−4%−0.52 pp33 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.1.69%7,100$3Mheld—34 q
MGAMagna International0.95%20,000$2Mheld—12 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.0.91%21,000$1Mheld—25 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.63%73,364$997,000held—34 q
STLAStellantis N.V.0.36%30,000$573,000held—3 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.32%4,575$504,000held—24 q
LBTYALiberty Global Ltd. Class A0.23%12,000$358,000held—3 q

Other 13(f) securities

Options 4

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
Resolute Fst Prods Inc CALL46.74%1,886,000$22M
Bausch Health Cos Inc CALL34.80%600,000$17M
Mbia Inc CALL10.70%400,000$5M
Blackberry Ltd CALL7.76%382,600$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