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Semper Augustus

Q2 2014 13F · by Christopher Bloomstran, CIO

As of
Jun 30, 2014
Filed
Aug 13, 2014
US stock
$170M · prev $174M
Positions
29 · 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%

Moves17 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 13 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 2.3% a year, more than 30 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions52% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed−1.08 pp trimmed−1.0815.6%
  2. XOM Exxon Mobil Corp trimmed−0.84 pp trimmed−0.8415.2%
  3. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held9.6%
  4. MCY Mercury General Corp. trimmed+0.42 pp trimmed+0.427.2%
  5. unresolved Leucadia National added+0.22 pp added+0.224.9%

Positions29 in this filing · 2 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B15.58%209,585$27Mtrimmed−9%−1.08 pp5 q
XOMExxon Mobil Corp15.17%256,532$26Mtrimmed−10%−0.84 pp5 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.9.59%86$16Mheld—5 q
MCYMercury General Corp.7.21%260,762$12Mtrimmed−0%+0.42 pp5 q
unresolvedLeucadia National4.86%315,475$8Madded+10%+0.22 pp5 q
NEMNewmont Corporation4.51%302,138$8Mtrimmed−0%+0.43 pp5 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp3.59%146,505$6Mheld—5 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson3.56%57,955$6Mtrimmed−0%+0.28 pp5 q
18614USDGoldcorp Inc3.48%212,050$6Mheld—5 q
INTCIntel Corp3.47%191,030$6Mtrimmed−34%−0.81 pp5 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.3.32%97,754$6Mheld—5 q
WAFDWaFd, Inc.3.23%245,090$5Madded+3%+0.04 pp5 q
SNYSanofi2.76%88,490$5Mtrimmed−0%+0.09 pp5 q
PEPPepsiCo, Inc.2.61%49,680$4Mtrimmed−0%+0.22 pp5 q
unresolvedStatoil ASA2.35%129,755$4Mtrimmed−23%−0.39 pp5 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co2.32%150,325$4Madded0%+0.08 pp5 q
KGCKinross Gold Corporation2.05%844,528$3Madded0%+0.04 pp5 q
unresolvedAVX Corporation1.71%219,022$3Mheld—5 q
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp1.39%20,502$2Mheld—5 q
RBARB Global, Inc.1.38%95,550$2Mtrimmed−0%+0.05 pp4 q
unresolvedValidus Holdings Ltd1.29%57,531$2Mheld—5 q
KOCoca-Cola Company1.24%50,000$2Mheld—5 q
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.1.10%20,000$2Mheld—5 q
CNACNA Financial Corporation0.91%38,155$2Mheld—5 q
unresolvedChubb0.54%10,000$922,000held—5 q
unresolvedVical Inc0.29%408,421$498,000held—5 q
RDS.ARoyal Dutch Shell PLC0.24%4,868$401,000held—5 q
unresolvedMedtronic Inc0.19%5,000$319,000held—5 q
unresolvedAmpio Pharmaceuticals Inc0.05%10,000$84,000new+0.05 ppnew
TAP.AMolson Coors Beverage Company Class A—−5,000—exited−0.17 pp—
TCSThe Container Store Group, Inc.—−6,000—exited−0.12 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 9 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet