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Chou Associates

Q1 2022 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Mar 31, 2022
Filed
May 15, 2022
US stock
$135M · prev $144M
Positions
14 · prev 15
Options notional
$53M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture72.0% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 72.0%
  • 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 27.9%

Moves4 since the prior filing

0.0 pp in · −2.2 pp out

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

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 4 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 12% a year, about 8.3 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions91% of US stock

  1. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held39.1%
  2. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products held held29.5%
  3. BHC Bausch Health Companies Inc held held12.9%
  4. MBI MBIA Inc. held held6.8%
  5. JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. trimmed−1.32 pp trimmed−1.322.4%

Positions14 in this filing · 1 exited

BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.39.06%100$53Mheld—36 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products29.52%3,096,460$40Mheld—36 q
BHCBausch Health Companies Inc12.91%765,000$17Mheld—15 q
MBIMBIA Inc.6.81%599,530$9Mheld—36 q
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.2.44%24,275$3Mtrimmed−29%−1.32 pp15 q
CCitigroup Inc.2.28%57,695$3Mheld—36 q
BBBlackBerry Limited2.10%382,900$3Mheld—35 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.1.73%7,100$2Mheld—36 q
MGAMagna International0.95%20,000$1Mheld—14 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.0.70%19,542$947,000held—15 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.63%73,364$855,000held—36 q
STLAStellantis N.V.0.36%30,000$488,000held—5 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.29%4,575$399,000held—26 q
LBTYALiberty Global Ltd. Class A0.23%12,000$306,000held—5 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.—−21,000—exited−0.85 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 4

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
Resolute Fst Prods Inc CALL59.60%2,425,000$31M
Bausch Health Cos Inc CALL26.10%600,000$14M
Mbia Inc CALL11.72%400,000$6M
Blackberry Ltd CALL2.58%182,600$1M

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