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Q4 2013 13F · by Michael Larson, CIO

As of
Dec 31, 2013
Filed
Feb 14, 2014
US stock
$20.1B · prev $19.5B
Positions
18 · prev 22
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture100.0% US stock

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

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 100.0%
  • 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 0.0%

Moves11 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 · 14% a year, about 6.9 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions71% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed−2.24 pp trimmed−2.2448.5%
  2. KO Coca-Cola Company held held7.0%
  3. MCD McDonald's Corporation added+0.38 pp added+0.385.3%
  4. CAT Caterpillar Inc. added+0.49 pp added+0.495.1%
  5. CNI Canadian National Railway added+0.41 pp added+0.414.9%

Positions18 in this filing · 4 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B48.51%82,039,804$9.7Btrimmed−6%−2.24 pp3 q
KOCoca-Cola Company7.01%34,002,000$1.4Bheld—3 q
MCDMcDonald's Corporation5.26%10,872,500$1.1Badded+10%+0.38 pp3 q
CATCaterpillar Inc.5.10%11,260,857$1.0Badded+5%+0.49 pp3 q
CNICanadian National Railway4.87%17,126,874$977Madded×2.0+0.41 pp3 q
WMTWalmart Inc.4.55%11,603,000$913Madded+5%+0.33 pp3 q
WMWaste Management, Inc.4.17%18,633,672$836Mheld—3 q
XOMExxon Mobil Corp4.11%8,143,858$824Madded+7%+0.73 pp3 q
KOFCoca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B DE C.V3.77%6,214,719$757Mheld—3 q
TVGrupo Televisa S.A.2.55%16,879,103$511Mheld—3 q
ECLEcolab, Inc.2.27%4,366,425$455Mheld—3 q
FDXFedEx Corporation2.17%3,024,999$435Mheld—3 q
unresolvedCrwn Castle Int'l Corp.1.95%5,332,900$392Mheld—3 q
BPBP p.l.c.1.77%7,315,267$356Madded+1%+0.21 pp3 q
LBTYALiberty Global Ltd. Class A0.94%2,119,515$189Mheld—3 q
ANAutoNation, Inc.0.47%1,898,716$94Mheld—3 q
LBTYKLiberty Global Ltd. Class C0.30%706,507$60Mheld—3 q
RSGRepublic Services Inc.0.22%1,350,000$45Mheld—3 q
PGProcter & Gamble Company—−1,500,000—exited−0.58 pp—
APDAir Products & Chemicals, Inc.—−963,279—exited−0.53 pp—
TMToyota Motor Corporation—−153,300—exited−0.10 pp—
unresolvedDiamond Foods Inc—−441,163—exited−0.05 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 1 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet