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Semper Augustus

Q4 2014 13F · by Christopher Bloomstran, CIO

As of
Dec 31, 2014
Filed
Feb 13, 2015
US stock
$157M · prev $163M
Positions
30 · 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%

Moves21 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 11 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 13% a year, about 7.5 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions59% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed+1.21 pp trimmed+1.2118.9%
  2. XOM Exxon Mobil Corp trimmed+0.28 pp trimmed+0.2815.1%
  3. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held12.4%
  4. MCY Mercury General Corp. trimmed−0.61 pp trimmed−0.617.2%
  5. 18614USD Goldcorp Inc added+2.86 pp added+2.865.9%

Positions30 in this filing · 0 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B18.88%196,735$30Mtrimmed−6%+1.21 pp7 q
XOMExxon Mobil Corp15.08%255,232$24Mtrimmed−1%+0.28 pp7 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.12.42%86$19Mheld—7 q
MCYMercury General Corp.7.19%198,443$11Mtrimmed−24%−0.61 pp7 q
18614USDGoldcorp Inc5.87%496,260$9Madded×2.3+2.86 pp7 q
unresolvedLeucadia National4.49%313,575$7Mtrimmed−1%−0.12 pp7 q
WAFDWaFd, Inc.3.44%243,173$5Mtrimmed−1%+0.38 pp7 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.3.11%85,754$5Mtrimmed−8%−0.26 pp7 q
INTCIntel Corp2.90%125,156$5Mtrimmed−0%+0.22 pp7 q
SNYSanofi2.57%88,140$4Mtrimmed−0%−0.49 pp7 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp2.54%85,475$4Mtrimmed−1%+0.10 pp7 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co2.43%150,329$4Madded0%+0.07 pp7 q
unresolvedAVX Corporation1.95%218,397$3Mtrimmed−1%+0.16 pp7 q
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp1.85%20,402$3Mtrimmed−0%+0.27 pp7 q
RBARB Global, Inc.1.63%95,000$3Mtrimmed−1%+0.32 pp6 q
unresolvedValidus Holdings Ltd1.53%57,431$2Mtrimmed−0%+0.15 pp7 q
unresolvedStatoil ASA1.46%129,355$2Mtrimmed−0%−0.70 pp7 q
PEPPepsiCo, Inc.1.37%22,643$2Mtrimmed−24%−0.33 pp7 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson1.36%20,363$2Mtrimmed−46%−1.12 pp7 q
KOCoca-Cola Company1.35%50,000$2Mheld—7 q
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.1.35%20,000$2Mheld—7 q
NEMNewmont Corporation1.02%84,393$2Mtrimmed−72%−3.24 pp7 q
KGCKinross Gold Corporation0.99%551,378$2Mtrimmed−35%−0.72 pp7 q
CNACNA Financial Corporation0.94%38,155$1Mheld—7 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V0.89%33,305$1Mtrimmed−1%−0.30 pp2 q
unresolvedChubb0.66%10,000$1Mheld—7 q
unresolvedVical Inc0.27%406,821$427,000held—7 q
unresolvedMedtronic Inc0.23%5,000$361,000held—7 q
RDS.ARoyal Dutch Shell PLC0.21%4,868$326,000held—7 q
unresolvedAmpio Pharmaceuticals Inc0.02%10,000$34,000held—3 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