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Semper Augustus

Q2 2015 13F · by Christopher Bloomstran, CIO

As of
Jun 30, 2015
Filed
Aug 13, 2015
US stock
$149M · prev $154M
Positions
31 · prev 31
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%

Moves19 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 12 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 5.8% a year, about 17.3 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions57% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed−0.54 pp trimmed−0.5417.9%
  2. XOM Exxon Mobil Corp added+0.23 pp added+0.2314.3%
  3. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held11.8%
  4. MCY Mercury General Corp. trimmed−0.07 pp trimmed−0.077.4%
  5. 18614USD Goldcorp Inc added−0.45 pp added−0.455.4%

Positions31 in this filing · 1 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B17.93%196,819$27Mtrimmed−0%−0.54 pp9 q
XOMExxon Mobil Corp14.34%257,418$21Madded+1%+0.23 pp9 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.11.79%86$18Mheld—9 q
MCYMercury General Corp.7.38%198,150$11Mtrimmed−0%−0.07 pp9 q
18614USDGoldcorp Inc5.41%498,972$8Madded0%−0.45 pp9 q
unresolvedLeucadia National5.09%313,276$8Mtrimmed−0%+0.54 pp9 q
WAFDWaFd, Inc.3.70%236,914$6Mtrimmed−3%+0.25 pp9 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.3.00%78,729$4Mtrimmed−0%+0.05 pp9 q
SNYSanofi2.92%88,000$4Mtrimmed−0%+0.09 pp9 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co2.67%150,333$4Madded0%+0.24 pp9 q
INTCIntel Corp2.55%125,156$4Mheld—9 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp2.54%85,946$4Mtrimmed−0%+0.27 pp9 q
unresolvedAVX Corporation2.06%228,219$3Madded+5%+0.03 pp9 q
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp1.84%20,402$3Mheld—9 q
unresolvedValidus Holdings Ltd1.69%57,386$3Mtrimmed−0%+0.12 pp9 q
unresolvedStatoil ASA1.54%128,829$2Mtrimmed−0%+0.07 pp9 q
PEPPepsiCo, Inc.1.41%22,593$2Mheld—9 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson1.32%20,218$2Mtrimmed−0%0.00 pp9 q
KOCoca-Cola Company1.31%50,000$2Mheld—9 q
NEMNewmont Corporation1.31%84,093$2Mheld—9 q
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.1.29%20,000$2Mheld—9 q
AXPAmerican Express Company1.27%24,494$2Madded+1%+0.04 pp2 q
unresolvedPrecision Castparts Corp1.19%8,923$2Mnew+1.19 ppnew
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V1.12%33,364$2Mtrimmed−0%+0.05 pp4 q
CNACNA Financial Corporation0.97%38,100$1Mtrimmed−0%−0.06 pp9 q
KGCKinross Gold Corporation0.86%550,678$1Mheld—9 q
unresolvedChubb0.64%10,000$951,000held—9 q
MDTMedtronic plc0.25%5,000$370,000held—2 q
unresolvedDst Sys Inc DEL0.21%2,450$309,000held—2 q
RDS.ARoyal Dutch Shell PLC0.19%4,868$278,000held—9 q
unresolvedVical Inc0.19%406,321$284,000held—9 q
RBARB Global, Inc.—−95,000—exited−1.54 pp—

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