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Semper Augustus

Q3 2014 13F · by Christopher Bloomstran, CIO

As of
Sep 30, 2014
Filed
Nov 13, 2014
US stock
$163M · prev $170M
Positions
30 · prev 29
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%

Moves14 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 12 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 4.8% a year, about 20.6 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions56% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed+2.09 pp trimmed+2.0917.7%
  2. XOM Exxon Mobil Corp held held14.8%
  3. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held10.9%
  4. MCY Mercury General Corp. trimmed+0.59 pp trimmed+0.597.8%
  5. unresolved Leucadia National held held4.6%

Positions30 in this filing · 0 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B17.67%208,535$29Mtrimmed−1%+2.09 pp6 q
XOMExxon Mobil Corp14.80%256,532$24Mheld—6 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.10.92%86$18Mheld—6 q
MCYMercury General Corp.7.80%260,611$13Mtrimmed−0%+0.59 pp6 q
unresolvedLeucadia National4.61%315,475$8Mheld—6 q
NEMNewmont Corporation4.26%301,603$7Mtrimmed−0%−0.25 pp6 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.3.37%92,754$5Mtrimmed−5%+0.05 pp6 q
SNYSanofi3.06%88,490$5Mheld—6 q
WAFDWaFd, Inc.3.06%245,090$5Mheld—6 q
18614USDGoldcorp Inc3.01%213,180$5Madded+1%−0.47 pp6 q
INTCIntel Corp2.68%125,538$4Mtrimmed−34%−0.79 pp6 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson2.48%37,955$4Mtrimmed−35%−1.08 pp6 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp2.44%85,948$4Mtrimmed−41%−1.15 pp6 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co2.36%150,327$4Madded0%+0.04 pp6 q
unresolvedStatoil ASA2.16%129,755$4Mheld—6 q
unresolvedAVX Corporation1.79%219,547$3Madded0%+0.08 pp6 q
KGCKinross Gold Corporation1.71%845,828$3Madded0%−0.34 pp6 q
PEPPepsiCo, Inc.1.70%29,680$3Mtrimmed−40%−0.91 pp6 q
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp1.58%20,502$3Mheld—6 q
unresolvedValidus Holdings Ltd1.38%57,531$2Mheld—6 q
KOCoca-Cola Company1.31%50,000$2Mheld—6 q
RBARB Global, Inc.1.31%95,550$2Mheld—5 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V1.19%33,515$2Mnew+1.19 ppnew
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.1.15%20,000$2Mheld—6 q
CNACNA Financial Corporation0.89%38,155$1Mheld—6 q
unresolvedChubb0.56%10,000$911,000held—6 q
unresolvedVical Inc0.28%406,821$456,000trimmed−0%−0.01 pp6 q
RDS.ARoyal Dutch Shell PLC0.23%4,868$371,000held—6 q
unresolvedMedtronic Inc0.19%5,000$310,000held—6 q
unresolvedAmpio Pharmaceuticals Inc0.02%10,000$35,000held—2 q

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 10 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet