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Semper Augustus

Q1 2015 13F · by Christopher Bloomstran, CIO

As of
Mar 31, 2015
Filed
May 14, 2015
US stock
$154M · prev $157M
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%

Moves17 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 11 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 2.1% a year, more than 30 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions58% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B added−0.41 pp added−0.4118.5%
  2. XOM Exxon Mobil Corp held held14.1%
  3. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held12.2%
  4. MCY Mercury General Corp. held held7.5%
  5. 18614USD Goldcorp Inc added−0.01 pp added−0.015.9%

Positions31 in this filing · 2 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B18.47%196,835$28Madded0%−0.41 pp8 q
XOMExxon Mobil Corp14.11%255,232$22Mheld—8 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.12.16%86$19Mheld—8 q
MCYMercury General Corp.7.45%198,443$11Mheld—8 q
18614USDGoldcorp Inc5.86%497,092$9Madded0%−0.01 pp8 q
unresolvedLeucadia National4.55%313,575$7Mheld—8 q
WAFDWaFd, Inc.3.45%243,173$5Mheld—8 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.2.95%79,054$5Mtrimmed−8%−0.16 pp8 q
SNYSanofi2.83%88,140$4Mheld—8 q
INTCIntel Corp2.55%125,156$4Mheld—8 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co2.43%150,331$4Madded0%0.00 pp8 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp2.27%86,014$3Madded+1%−0.27 pp8 q
unresolvedAVX Corporation2.03%218,397$3Mheld—8 q
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp2.01%20,402$3Mheld—8 q
unresolvedValidus Holdings Ltd1.57%57,431$2Mheld—8 q
RBARB Global, Inc.1.54%95,000$2Mheld—7 q
unresolvedStatoil ASA1.47%128,955$2Mtrimmed−0%+0.01 pp8 q
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.1.41%20,000$2Mheld—8 q
PEPPepsiCo, Inc.1.40%22,593$2Mtrimmed−0%+0.03 pp8 q
KOCoca-Cola Company1.32%50,000$2Mheld—8 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson1.32%20,238$2Mtrimmed−1%−0.04 pp8 q
AXPAmerican Express Company1.23%24,143$2Mnew+1.23 ppnew
NEMNewmont Corporation1.19%84,093$2Mtrimmed−0%+0.17 pp8 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V1.07%33,395$2Madded0%+0.18 pp3 q
CNACNA Financial Corporation1.03%38,155$2Mheld—8 q
KGCKinross Gold Corporation0.80%550,678$1Mtrimmed−0%−0.19 pp8 q
unresolvedChubb0.66%10,000$1Mheld—8 q
unresolvedVical Inc0.25%406,321$384,000trimmed−0%−0.02 pp8 q
MDTMedtronic plc0.25%5,000$390,000new+0.25 ppnew
RDS.ARoyal Dutch Shell PLC0.19%4,868$290,000held—8 q
unresolvedDst Sys Inc DEL0.18%2,450$271,000new+0.18 ppnew
unresolvedMedtronic Inc—−5,000—exited−0.23 pp—
unresolvedAmpio Pharmaceuticals Inc—−10,000—exited−0.02 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