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Chou Associates

Q2 2022 13F · by Francis Chou, portfolio manager

As of
Jun 30, 2022
Filed
Aug 12, 2022
US stock
$104M · prev $135M
Positions
17 · prev 14
Options notional
$36M
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture74.2% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 74.2%
  • 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 25.8%

Moves8 since the prior filing

+2.2 pp in · −12.0 pp out

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

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 3 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 8.9% a year, about 11.3 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions89% of US stock

  1. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held39.5%
  2. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products held held38.1%
  3. BHC Bausch Health Companies Inc trimmed−7.14 pp trimmed−7.145.8%
  4. JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. held held2.6%
  5. C Citigroup Inc. held held2.6%

Positions17 in this filing · 0 exited

BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.39.48%100$41Mheld—37 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products38.14%3,096,460$40Mheld—37 q
BHCBausch Health Companies Inc5.77%715,000$6Mtrimmed−7%−7.14 pp16 q
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.2.64%24,275$3Mheld—16 q
CCitigroup Inc.2.56%57,695$3Mheld—37 q
MBIMBIA Inc.2.38%199,530$2Mtrimmed−67%−4.43 pp37 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.2.04%7,100$2Mheld—37 q
BBBlackBerry Limited1.99%382,900$2Mheld—36 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.1.06%44,021$1Mnew+1.06 ppnew
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.0.90%21,000$935,000new+0.90 ppnew
WFCWells Fargo & Co.0.74%19,542$765,000held—16 q
CYDChina Yuchai International Ltd.0.62%73,364$647,000held—37 q
MGAMagna International0.53%10,000$549,000trimmed−50%−0.42 pp15 q
STLAStellantis N.V.0.36%30,000$371,000held—6 q
RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc0.30%4,575$308,000held—27 q
GNUSGenius Brands International0.25%341,303$258,000new+0.25 ppnew
LBTYALiberty Global Ltd. Class A0.24%12,000$253,000held—6 q

Other 13(f) securities

Options 2

Contract% of notionalSharesNotional
Resolute Fst Prods Inc CALL86.05%2,425,000$31M
Bausch Health Cos Inc CALL13.95%600,000$5M

Notes 0

None in this filing

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
2 defects · 0 unresolved
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 76117W909
  • A row was set aside — invalid CUSIP 071734907