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Fairfax Financial

Q1 2018 13F · by Prem Watsa, CEO

As of
Mar 31, 2018
Filed
May 15, 2018
US stock
$1.3B · prev $1.4B
Positions
38 · prev 44
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture66.5% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 66.5%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 33.5%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves36 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 · 7.3% a year, about 13.6 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions85% of US stock

  1. BB BlackBerry Limited held held40.1%
  2. 7AB1 Resolute Forest Products held held18.8%
  3. KW Kennedy-wilson Holdings, Inc. added+2.26 pp added+2.2617.3%
  4. unresolved U S G Corp held held4.6%
  5. IPI Intrepid Potash, Inc held held4.5%

Positions38 in this filing · 11 exited

BBBlackBerry Limited40.15%46,724,700$537Mheld—19 q
7AB1Resolute Forest Products18.84%30,548,190$252Mheld—20 q
KWKennedy-wilson Holdings, Inc.17.33%13,322,009$232Madded+8%+2.26 pp20 q
unresolvedU S G Corp4.62%1,530,522$62Mheld—20 q
IPIIntrepid Potash, Inc4.52%16,666,667$61Mheld—5 q
IBMInternational Business Machines Corporation3.05%265,700$41Mheld—20 q
CTLLumen Technologies, Inc.2.27%1,847,100$30Madded+30%+0.59 pp2 q
HPHelmerich & Payne, Inc.1.71%344,000$23Mtrimmed−2%+0.11 pp13 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson1.42%148,650$19Mtrimmed−2%−0.07 pp20 q
PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.1.11%189,000$15Mtrimmed−2%+0.05 pp11 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V0.91%850,000$12Mheld—3 q
CRAYCray, Inc.0.37%240,000$5Mtrimmed−4%−0.06 pp3 q
unresolvedRpx Corp0.35%440,000$5Madded+10%−0.03 pp3 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co0.31%309,400$4Mnew+0.31 ppnew
AGXArgan, Inc0.29%90,000$4Madded+20%+0.05 pp3 q
NWPXNWPX Infrastructure, Inc.0.23%180,000$3Mheld—3 q
KLICKulicke & Soffa Industries Inc0.22%120,000$3Madded+25%+0.06 pp3 q
CRRCarbo Ceramics Inc.0.18%330,000$2Madded+10%−0.04 pp3 q
RAILFreightCar America, Inc.0.18%180,000$2Madded+20%0.00 pp3 q
JECJacobs Engineering Group0.18%40,000$2Madded+14%+0.02 pp3 q
NTESNetEase, inc.0.17%8,000$2Madded+23%+0.01 pp7 q
PGFPengrowth Energy Corp0.15%3,200,000$2Mheld—3 q
SBNYSignature Bank (NY)0.15%14,000$2Mtrimmed−7%0.00 pp2 q
SSYSStratasys Inc (ISRAEL)0.15%100,000$2Madded+11%+0.02 pp3 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.0.14%35,800$2Mtrimmed−22%−0.06 pp20 q
FLRFluor Corporation0.13%30,000$2Madded+15%+0.04 pp2 q
APAmpco-Pittsburgh Corp.0.11%165,000$1Madded+22%−0.01 pp3 q
unresolvedIndependence Contract Drilling0.10%360,000$1Mnew+0.10 ppnew
BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B0.09%6,000$1Mtrimmed−25%−0.02 pp20 q
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.0.09%29,000$1Mheld—3 q
USBU.S. Bancorp0.09%23,200$1Mheld—20 q
unresolvedWgl Hldgs Inc0.09%14,000$1Mnew+0.09 ppnew
unresolvedScana Corp New0.08%30,000$1Mnew+0.08 ppnew
IRBTiRobot Corporation0.07%15,000$963,000new+0.07 ppnew
unresolvedMonsanto Co0.05%6,200$723,000held—6 q
LRNStride, Inc.0.04%33,133$470,000held—19 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.0.02%1$300,000trimmed−86%−0.13 pp20 q
DESTDestination Maternity Corporation0.01%70,000$180,000held—6 q
PFEPfizer Inc.—−210,000—exited−0.54 pp—
TRQTurquoise Hill Resources Ltd—−1,150,400—exited−0.28 pp—
MYRGMYR Group, Inc.—−80,000—exited−0.20 pp—
unresolvedLeucadia National—−100,000—exited−0.19 pp—
CDEVPermian Resources Corporation—−80,000—exited−0.11 pp—
CSXCSX Corporation—−15,000—exited−0.06 pp—
CSLCarlisle Companies, Inc.—−1,900—exited−0.02 pp—
GDGeneral Dynamics Corporation—−1,500—exited−0.02 pp—
NOVNOV Inc.—−6,400—exited−0.02 pp—
TMOThermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.—−1,344—exited−0.02 pp—
unresolvedEnsco PLC—−14,080—exited−0.01 pp—

Other 13(f) securities

Options 0

None in this filing

Notes 1

Issue% of notesPrincipalValue
Blackberry Ltd100.00%500,000,000$675M

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 8 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet