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Semper Augustus

Q4 2013 13F · by Christopher Bloomstran, CIO

As of
Dec 31, 2013
Filed
Feb 13, 2014
US stock
$176M · prev $169M
Positions
31 · prev 30
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%

Moves15 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 13 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 7.9% a year, about 12.7 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions53% of US stock

  1. XOM Exxon Mobil Corp added+1.92 pp added+1.9216.4%
  2. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed+0.01 pp trimmed+0.0115.6%
  3. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held8.7%
  4. MCY Mercury General Corp. trimmed−1.51 pp trimmed−1.517.4%
  5. unresolved Leucadia National held held4.6%

Positions31 in this filing · 1 exited

XOMExxon Mobil Corp16.36%284,486$29Madded+1%+1.92 pp3 q
BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B15.62%231,785$27Mtrimmed−0%+0.01 pp3 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.8.69%86$15Mheld—3 q
MCYMercury General Corp.7.38%261,360$13Mtrimmed−16%−1.51 pp3 q
unresolvedLeucadia National4.63%287,625$8Mheld—3 q
INTCIntel Corp4.24%287,680$7Mtrimmed−0%+0.33 pp3 q
NEMNewmont Corporation3.96%302,328$7Madded0%−1.08 pp3 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.3.92%137,754$7Mheld—3 q
WAFDWaFd, Inc.3.15%237,640$6Mtrimmed−0%+0.23 pp3 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp3.11%146,505$5Mheld—3 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson3.02%58,005$5Mheld—3 q
SNYSanofi2.70%88,540$5Mtrimmed−0%+0.04 pp3 q
18614USDGoldcorp Inc2.61%212,050$5Madded+52%+0.46 pp3 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co2.39%150,321$4Madded0%+0.26 pp3 q
PEPPepsiCo, Inc.2.34%49,730$4Mheld—3 q
unresolvedStatoil ASA2.31%168,480$4Madded0%+0.04 pp3 q
KGCKinross Gold Corporation2.10%842,878$4Mtrimmed−25%−1.25 pp3 q
unresolvedAVX Corporation1.73%219,022$3Madded0%+0.03 pp3 q
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp1.39%20,502$2Mheld—3 q
unresolvedValidus Holdings Ltd1.32%57,531$2Mheld—3 q
RBARB Global, Inc.1.25%95,700$2Mheld—2 q
KOCoca-Cola Company1.17%50,000$2Mheld—3 q
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.1.03%20,000$2Mheld—3 q
CNACNA Financial Corporation0.93%38,155$2Mheld—3 q
GLDSPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares0.66%10,000$1Mnew+0.66 ppnew
unresolvedChubb0.55%10,000$966,000held—3 q
RDS.ARoyal Dutch Shell PLC0.52%12,868$917,000held—3 q
TCSThe Container Store Group, Inc.0.32%12,000$559,000new+0.32 ppnew
unresolvedVical Inc0.27%408,421$482,000held—3 q
unresolvedMedtronic Inc0.16%5,000$287,000held—3 q
TAP.AMolson Coors Beverage Company Class A0.16%5,000$281,000held—3 q
MMM3M Company—−14,780—exited−1.05 pp—

Source

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