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Fairfax Financial

Q4 2013 13F · by Prem Watsa, CEO

As of
Dec 31, 2013
Filed
Feb 14, 2014
US stock
$1.3B · prev $1.5B
Positions
41 · prev 40
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture99.0% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 99.0%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 1.0%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves17 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 4 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 0.8% a year, more than 30 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions93% of US stock

  1. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products held held36.0%
  2. BB BlackBerry Limited held held29.8%
  3. unresolved Sandridge Energy Inc held held15.2%
  4. NXH Neighborhood Intelligence, Inc. held held7.6%
  5. unresolved Exco Resources Inc held held4.4%

Positions41 in this filing · 6 exited

7AB1Resolute Forest Products35.95%29,044,012$465Mheld—3 q
BBBlackBerry Limited29.81%51,854,700$386Mheld—2 q
unresolvedSandridge Energy Inc15.21%32,463,200$197Mheld—3 q
NXHNeighborhood Intelligence, Inc.7.58%3,184,677$98Mheld—3 q
unresolvedExco Resources Inc4.44%10,812,200$57Mheld—3 q
unresolvedBaldwin & Lyons Inc Cl B2.04%969,875$26Mheld—3 q
BCEBCE, Inc.0.90%268,300$12Mheld—3 q
KWKennedy-wilson Holdings, Inc.0.69%400,000$9Mheld—3 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson0.60%84,700$8Mtrimmed−97%−16.49 pp3 q
CRESYCresud SA0.56%723,012$7Mheld—3 q
PFEPfizer Inc.0.56%235,000$7Mheld—3 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.0.24%69,300$3Mheld—3 q
BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B0.19%21,100$3Mheld—3 q
NYTNew York Times Co.0.09%70,000$1Mheld—3 q
USBU.S. Bancorp0.09%30,000$1Mheld—3 q
unresolvedU S G Corp0.09%42,800$1Mheld—3 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.0.08%6$1Mheld—3 q
CCitigroup Inc.0.08%20,000$1Mheld—3 q
unresolvedDex Media Inc New0.08%159,198$1Mheld—3 q
LRNStride, Inc.0.06%33,133$720,000held—2 q
ORIOld Republic International Corporation0.06%45,000$777,000held—3 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.0.05%12,000$601,000held—3 q
NYCBFlagstar Bank, National Association0.05%40,000$674,000held—3 q
UPLUltra Petroleum Corp0.05%32,500$703,000added×2.4+0.03 pp3 q
CTBCooper Tire & Rubber Co.0.04%22,500$541,000trimmed−68%−0.10 pp3 q
unresolvedEdwards Group Ltd0.04%48,500$494,000new+0.04 ppnew
PTENPatterson-UTI Energy Inc0.04%19,000$481,000held—3 q
unresolvedViropharma Inc0.04%10,000$498,000new+0.04 ppnew
BPBP p.l.c.0.03%7,000$340,000added+40%+0.02 pp2 q
HOLXHologic Inc0.03%20,000$447,000held—3 q
MBIMBIA Inc.0.03%30,000$358,000held—3 q
unresolvedNew Oriental Ed & Tech Grp I0.03%11,100$350,000held—3 q
SLMSLM Corporation0.03%15,000$394,000held—3 q
STLSterling Bancorp0.03%25,000$334,000new+0.03 ppnew
CSXCSX Corporation0.02%7,600$219,000new+0.02 ppnew
GDGeneral Dynamics Corporation0.02%2,200$210,000new+0.02 ppnew
unresolvedHewlett Packard Co0.02%9,400$263,000new+0.02 ppnew
IBMInternational Business Machines Corporation0.02%1,200$225,000held—3 q
unresolvedNam Tai Property Inc0.02%35,000$250,000held—3 q
NEUNewMarket Corporation0.02%750$251,000held—2 q
unresolvedPenn West Petroleum Ltd0.01%15,900$133,000new+0.01 ppnew
unresolvedDell Inc—−520,000—exited−0.48 pp—
unresolvedRUE21 Inc—−21,000—exited−0.06 pp—
unresolvedOnyx Pharmaceuticals Inc—−4,500—exited−0.04 pp—
unresolvedSpreadtrum Communications In—−16,500—exited−0.03 pp—
unresolvedCninsure Inc—−45,000—exited−0.02 pp—
unresolvedProvident New York Bancorp—−25,000—exited−0.02 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 1

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Intel Corp100.00%11,500,000$13M

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 11 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet