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Semper Augustus

Q3 2017 13F · by Christopher Bloomstran, CIO

As of
Sep 30, 2017
Filed
Nov 13, 2017
US stock
$135M · prev $130M
Positions
26 · prev 28
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%

Moves7 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 9 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 7.4% a year, about 13.5 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions58% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B held held24.7%
  2. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held17.5%
  3. XOM Exxon Mobil Corp held held6.4%
  4. NEM Newmont Corporation held held5.5%
  5. 18614USD Goldcorp Inc held held4.2%

Positions26 in this filing · 2 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B24.69%182,138$33Mheld—18 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.17.47%86$24Mheld—18 q
XOMExxon Mobil Corp6.44%106,161$9Mheld—18 q
NEMNewmont Corporation5.47%197,021$7Mheld—18 q
18614USDGoldcorp Inc4.24%442,017$6Mheld—18 q
SNYSanofi3.87%105,188$5Mheld—18 q
DGDollar General Corp.3.51%58,626$5Madded0%+0.27 pp3 q
HXLHexcel Corporation3.50%82,444$5Mheld—6 q
unresolvedAVX Corporation3.00%222,558$4Mheld—18 q
SMHISEACOR Marine Holdings Inc.2.77%239,829$4Madded×2.9+1.48 pp2 q
MCYMercury General Corp.2.72%64,792$4Mheld—18 q
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp2.46%20,251$3Mheld—18 q
INTCIntel Corp2.44%86,731$3Mheld—18 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co2.14%119,415$3Mheld—18 q
unresolvedValidus Holdings Ltd2.03%55,851$3Mheld—18 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.2.02%42,723$3Mheld—18 q
unresolvedStatoil ASA1.88%126,514$3Mheld—18 q
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.1.81%20,000$2Mheld—18 q
NKENike, Inc.1.54%40,251$2Madded+2%−0.26 pp2 q
AXPAmerican Express Company1.48%22,091$2Mtrimmed−39%−0.86 pp11 q
WAFDWaFd, Inc.1.39%56,031$2Mheld—18 q
KGCKinross Gold Corporation1.20%381,990$2Mheld—18 q
KOCoca-Cola Company1.00%30,000$1Mheld—18 q
unresolvedDst Sys Inc DEL0.41%10,136$556,000trimmed−33%−0.31 pp11 q
MDTMedtronic plc0.29%5,000$389,000held—11 q
RDS.ARoyal Dutch Shell PLC0.22%4,868$295,000held—18 q
CNACNA Financial Corporation—−37,405—exited−1.40 pp—
unresolvedChicago Bridge & Iron Co N V—−55,468—exited−0.84 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 5 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet