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Semper Augustus

Q2 2016 13F · by Christopher Bloomstran, CIO

As of
Jun 30, 2016
Filed
Aug 12, 2016
US stock
$138M · prev $139M
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%

Moves9 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 12 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 13% a year, about 7.7 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions53% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B added+0.63 pp added+0.6319.8%
  2. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held13.5%
  3. XOM Exxon Mobil Corp trimmed−6.22 pp trimmed−6.227.3%
  4. MCY Mercury General Corp. added−0.21 pp added−0.216.6%
  5. NEM Newmont Corporation held held5.6%

Positions30 in this filing · 2 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B19.82%188,824$27Madded0%+0.63 pp13 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.13.53%86$19Mheld—13 q
XOMExxon Mobil Corp7.27%107,029$10Mtrimmed−52%−6.22 pp13 q
MCYMercury General Corp.6.56%170,158$9Madded0%−0.21 pp13 q
NEMNewmont Corporation5.61%197,896$8Mheld—13 q
18614USDGoldcorp Inc5.20%375,037$7Mheld—13 q
WAFDWaFd, Inc.4.07%231,543$6Mheld—13 q
unresolvedLeucadia National3.83%305,077$5Mheld—13 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.3.29%78,729$5Mheld—13 q
SNYSanofi3.08%101,539$4Madded+23%+0.71 pp13 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co2.95%129,415$4Mtrimmed−5%−0.15 pp13 q
HXLHexcel Corporation2.50%82,950$3Mnew+2.50 ppnew
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp2.31%20,302$3Mheld—13 q
unresolvedAVX Corporation2.20%223,549$3Mheld—13 q
INTCIntel Corp2.07%87,175$3Mheld—13 q
unresolvedValidus Holdings Ltd1.97%56,001$3Mheld—13 q
KGCKinross Gold Corporation1.88%530,190$3Mheld—13 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson1.75%19,870$2Mheld—13 q
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.1.73%20,000$2Mheld—13 q
KOCoca-Cola Company1.64%50,000$2Mheld—13 q
AXPAmerican Express Company1.60%36,267$2Mheld—6 q
unresolvedStatoil ASA1.59%126,974$2Mheld—13 q
CNACNA Financial Corporation0.86%37,580$1Mheld—13 q
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V0.82%32,828$1Mheld—8 q
CBChubb Limited0.57%6,018$787,000held—2 q
unresolvedDst Sys Inc DEL0.47%5,514$642,000held—6 q
MDTMedtronic plc0.31%5,000$434,000held—6 q
RDS.ARoyal Dutch Shell PLC0.20%4,868$269,000held—13 q
SYFSynchrony Financial0.17%9,532$241,000held—3 q
unresolvedVical Inc.0.12%37,188$168,000new+0.12 ppnew
MSFTMicrosoft Corp—−67,208—exited−2.66 pp—
unresolvedVical Inc—−371,886—exited−0.10 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