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Semper Augustus

Q1 2016 13F · by Christopher Bloomstran, CIO

As of
Mar 31, 2016
Filed
May 13, 2016
US stock
$139M · prev $143M
Positions
30 · prev 32
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%

Moves26 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 11 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 8.9% a year, about 11.2 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions57% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B added+1.80 pp added+1.8019.2%
  2. XOM Exxon Mobil Corp trimmed−0.52 pp trimmed−0.5213.5%
  3. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held13.2%
  4. MCY Mercury General Corp. trimmed+0.35 pp trimmed+0.356.8%
  5. 18614USD Goldcorp Inc trimmed+1.28 pp trimmed+1.284.4%

Positions30 in this filing · 3 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B19.19%188,624$27Madded0%+1.80 pp12 q
XOMExxon Mobil Corp13.49%225,124$19Mtrimmed−12%−0.52 pp12 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.13.16%86$18Mheld—12 q
MCYMercury General Corp.6.77%170,157$9Mtrimmed−14%+0.35 pp12 q
18614USDGoldcorp Inc4.36%375,037$6Mtrimmed−1%+1.28 pp12 q
NEMNewmont Corporation3.77%197,896$5Mtrimmed−1%+1.24 pp12 q
WAFDWaFd, Inc.3.76%231,543$5Mtrimmed−1%−0.15 pp12 q
unresolvedLeucadia National3.54%305,077$5Mtrimmed−1%−0.21 pp12 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co3.10%136,015$4Madded+39%+0.96 pp12 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.2.99%78,729$4Mheld—12 q
MSFTMicrosoft Corp2.66%67,208$4Mtrimmed−1%+0.01 pp12 q
SNYSanofi2.37%82,350$3Mtrimmed−1%−0.12 pp12 q
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp2.29%20,302$3Mheld—12 q
INTCIntel Corp2.02%87,175$3Mtrimmed−1%−0.11 pp12 q
unresolvedAVX Corporation2.01%223,549$3Mtrimmed−1%+0.08 pp12 q
unresolvedValidus Holdings Ltd1.89%56,001$3Mtrimmed−0%+0.07 pp12 q
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.1.67%20,000$2Mheld—12 q
KOCoca-Cola Company1.66%50,000$2Mheld—12 q
AXPAmerican Express Company1.60%36,267$2Madded+49%+0.41 pp5 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson1.54%19,870$2Mtrimmed−1%+0.09 pp12 q
unresolvedStatoil ASA1.42%126,974$2Mtrimmed−1%+0.17 pp12 q
KGCKinross Gold Corporation1.29%530,190$2Mtrimmed−1%+0.61 pp12 q
CNACNA Financial Corporation0.87%37,580$1Mtrimmed−1%−0.06 pp12 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V0.86%32,828$1Mtrimmed−1%−0.05 pp7 q
CBChubb Limited0.51%6,018$717,000new+0.51 ppnew
unresolvedDst Sys Inc DEL0.45%5,514$622,000added×2.3+0.25 pp5 q
MDTMedtronic plc0.27%5,000$375,000held—5 q
SYFSynchrony Financial0.20%9,532$273,000trimmed−0%0.00 pp2 q
RDS.ARoyal Dutch Shell PLC0.17%4,868$236,000held—12 q
unresolvedVical Inc0.10%371,886$145,000trimmed−1%−0.01 pp12 q
unresolvedPrecision Castparts Corp—−35,397—exited−5.76 pp—
PEPPepsiCo, Inc.—−21,475—exited−1.50 pp—
unresolvedChubb—−10,000—exited−0.93 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 8 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet