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Fairfax Financial

Q3 2013 13F · by Prem Watsa, CEO

As of
Sep 30, 2013
Filed
Nov 14, 2013
US stock
$1.5B · prev $2.4B
Positions
40 · prev 39
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture93.5% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 93.5%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 6.5%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves20 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 5 equal-sized positions

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

High turnover · 112% a year, about 0.9 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions89% of US stock

  1. BB BlackBerry Limited new+27.54 pp new+27.5427.5%
  2. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products added+9.75 pp added+9.7525.7%
  3. JNJ Johnson & Johnson trimmed−4.21 pp trimmed−4.2117.1%
  4. unresolved Sandridge Energy Inc held held12.8%
  5. NXH Neighborhood Intelligence, Inc. held held6.3%

Positions40 in this filing · 6 exited

BBBlackBerry Limited27.54%51,854,700$411Mnew+27.54 ppnew
7AB1Resolute Forest Products25.73%29,044,012$384Madded0%+9.75 pp2 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson17.09%2,941,741$255Mtrimmed−50%−4.21 pp2 q
unresolvedSandridge Energy Inc12.75%32,463,200$190Mheld—2 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.6.33%3,184,677$94Mheld—2 q
unresolvedExco Resources Inc4.88%10,812,200$73Mheld—2 q
unresolvedBaldwin & Lyons Inc Cl B1.57%969,875$23Mheld—2 q
BCEBCE, Inc.0.77%268,300$11Mheld—2 q
KWKennedy-wilson Holdings, Inc.0.50%400,000$7Mheld—2 q
unresolvedDell Inc0.48%520,000$7Mtrimmed−94%−4.53 pp2 q
PFEPfizer Inc.0.45%235,000$7Mheld—2 q
CRESYCresud SA0.42%723,012$6Mheld—2 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.0.19%69,300$3Mtrimmed−95%−2.10 pp2 q
BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B0.16%21,100$2Mheld—2 q
CTBCooper Tire & Rubber Co.0.14%69,500$2Madded×9.9+0.13 pp2 q
unresolvedDex Media Inc New0.09%159,198$1Mheld—2 q
unresolvedU S G Corp0.08%42,800$1Mheld—2 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.0.07%6$1Mheld—2 q
LRNStride, Inc.0.07%33,133$1Mnew+0.07 ppnew
USBU.S. Bancorp0.07%30,000$1Mtrimmed−99%−4.34 pp2 q
CCitigroup Inc.0.06%20,000$970,000held—2 q
NYTNew York Times Co.0.06%70,000$880,000held—2 q
unresolvedRUE21 Inc0.06%21,000$847,000new+0.06 ppnew
ORIOld Republic International Corporation0.05%45,000$693,000held—2 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.0.04%12,000$571,000held—2 q
NYCBFlagstar Bank, National Association0.04%40,000$605,000held—2 q
unresolvedOnyx Pharmaceuticals Inc0.04%4,500$561,000new+0.04 ppnew
HOLXHologic Inc0.03%20,000$413,000held—2 q
PTENPatterson-UTI Energy Inc0.03%19,000$406,000held—2 q
SLMSLM Corporation0.03%15,000$374,000trimmed−25%+0.01 pp2 q
unresolvedSpreadtrum Communications In0.03%16,500$502,000new+0.03 ppnew
unresolvedCninsure Inc0.02%45,000$231,000held—2 q
MBIMBIA Inc.0.02%30,000$307,000held—2 q
unresolvedNam Tai Property Inc0.02%35,000$272,000held—2 q
unresolvedNew Oriental Ed & Tech Grp I0.02%11,100$276,000held—2 q
unresolvedProvident New York Bancorp0.02%25,000$272,000held—2 q
UPLUltra Petroleum Corp0.02%13,400$276,000held—2 q
BPBP p.l.c.0.01%5,000$210,000new+0.01 ppnew
IBMInternational Business Machines Corporation0.01%1,200$222,000held—2 q
NEUNewMarket Corporation0.01%750$216,000new+0.01 ppnew
unresolvedResearch In Motion—−51,854,700—exited−22.71 pp—
unresolvedLevel 3 Communications Inc—−12,071,803—exited−10.68 pp—
WMTWalmart Inc.—−220,000—exited−0.69 pp—
unresolvedRyanair Holdings PLC ADR—−189,900—exited−0.41 pp—
unresolvedHewlett Packard Co—−9,400—exited−0.01 pp—
unresolvedCfs Bancorp Inc.—−10,000—exited0.00 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 2

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Level 3 Communications87.97%75,000,000$91M
Intel Corp12.03%11,500,000$12M

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 13 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet