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Semper Augustus

Q4 2015 13F · by Christopher Bloomstran, CIO

As of
Dec 31, 2015
Filed
Feb 8, 2016
US stock
$143M · prev $143M
Positions
32 · 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%

Moves12 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 12 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 6.8% a year, about 14.8 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions56% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed−0.24 pp trimmed−0.2417.4%
  2. XOM Exxon Mobil Corp held held14.0%
  3. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held11.9%
  4. MCY Mercury General Corp. held held6.4%
  5. unresolved Precision Castparts Corp held held5.8%

Positions32 in this filing · 0 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B17.39%187,891$25Mtrimmed−3%−0.24 pp11 q
XOMExxon Mobil Corp14.01%256,418$20Mheld—11 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.11.92%86$17Mheld—11 q
MCYMercury General Corp.6.42%196,847$9Mheld—11 q
unresolvedPrecision Castparts Corp5.76%35,397$8Mheld—3 q
WAFDWaFd, Inc.3.91%234,239$6Mtrimmed−1%+0.15 pp11 q
unresolvedLeucadia National3.75%307,601$5Mtrimmed−0%−0.62 pp11 q
18614USDGoldcorp Inc3.08%379,901$4Mtrimmed−24%−1.28 pp11 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.2.91%78,729$4Mheld—11 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp2.65%68,125$4Mtrimmed−15%+0.15 pp11 q
NEMNewmont Corporation2.53%200,263$4Madded×2.4+1.60 pp11 q
SNYSanofi2.49%83,220$4Mheld—11 q
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp2.30%20,302$3Mheld—11 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co2.14%98,009$3Mtrimmed−33%−0.44 pp11 q
INTCIntel Corp2.13%88,248$3Mtrimmed−24%−0.33 pp11 q
unresolvedAVX Corporation1.93%226,869$3Mheld—11 q
unresolvedValidus Holdings Ltd1.82%56,101$3Mheld—11 q
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.1.58%20,000$2Mheld—11 q
KOCoca-Cola Company1.51%50,000$2Mheld—11 q
PEPPepsiCo, Inc.1.50%21,475$2Mheld—11 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson1.45%20,089$2Mheld—11 q
unresolvedStatoil ASA1.25%128,114$2Mheld—11 q
AXPAmerican Express Company1.19%24,415$2Madded0%−0.08 pp4 q
CNACNA Financial Corporation0.93%37,915$1Mheld—11 q
unresolvedChubb0.93%10,000$1Mheld—11 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V0.91%33,166$1Mheld—6 q
KGCKinross Gold Corporation0.68%536,458$976,000trimmed−2%+0.02 pp11 q
MDTMedtronic plc0.27%5,000$385,000held—4 q
unresolvedDst Sys Inc DEL0.20%2,450$279,000held—4 q
SYFSynchrony Financial0.20%9,571$291,000new+0.20 ppnew
RDS.ARoyal Dutch Shell PLC0.16%4,868$223,000held—11 q
unresolvedVical Inc0.11%374,146$153,000trimmed−7%−0.02 pp11 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