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Semper Augustus

Q4 2017 13F · by Christopher Bloomstran, CIO

As of
Dec 31, 2017
Filed
Feb 13, 2018
US stock
$134M · prev $135M
Positions
26 · prev 26
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%

Moves15 since the prior filing

The book

Very concentrated · behaves like 8 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 3.4% a year, about 29.5 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions62% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed+1.84 pp trimmed+1.8426.5%
  2. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held19.2%
  3. XOM Exxon Mobil Corp trimmed+0.21 pp trimmed+0.216.7%
  4. NEM Newmont Corporation trimmed−0.10 pp trimmed−0.105.4%
  5. DG Dollar General Corp. added+0.64 pp added+0.644.2%

Positions26 in this filing · 0 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B26.53%178,763$35Mtrimmed−2%+1.84 pp19 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.19.17%86$26Mheld—19 q
XOMExxon Mobil Corp6.65%106,113$9Mtrimmed−0%+0.21 pp19 q
NEMNewmont Corporation5.37%191,211$7Mtrimmed−3%−0.10 pp19 q
DGDollar General Corp.4.15%59,601$6Madded+2%+0.64 pp4 q
18614USDGoldcorp Inc3.83%400,354$5Mtrimmed−9%−0.41 pp19 q
SNYSanofi3.39%105,138$5Mtrimmed−0%−0.48 pp19 q
HXLHexcel Corporation3.12%67,384$4Mtrimmed−18%−0.38 pp7 q
SMHISEACOR Marine Holdings Inc.2.88%328,877$4Madded+37%+0.11 pp3 q
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp2.82%20,251$4Mheld—19 q
MCYMercury General Corp.2.59%64,761$3Mtrimmed−0%−0.13 pp19 q
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.2.03%20,000$3Mheld—19 q
unresolvedValidus Holdings Ltd1.96%55,851$3Mheld—19 q
NKENike, Inc.1.88%40,232$3Mtrimmed−0%+0.34 pp3 q
unresolvedStatoil ASA1.82%113,264$2Mtrimmed−10%−0.06 pp19 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.1.80%42,723$2Mheld—19 q
AXPAmerican Express Company1.64%22,091$2Mheld—12 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co1.56%119,415$2Mheld—19 q
WAFDWaFd, Inc.1.44%56,004$2Mtrimmed−0%+0.05 pp19 q
unresolvedAVX Corporation1.34%103,449$2Mtrimmed−54%−1.66 pp19 q
KGCKinross Gold Corporation1.23%381,690$2Mtrimmed−0%+0.03 pp19 q
KOCoca-Cola Company1.03%30,000$1Mheld—19 q
INTCIntel Corp0.75%21,550$995,000trimmed−75%−1.69 pp19 q
unresolvedDst Sys Inc DEL0.47%10,136$629,000held—12 q
MDTMedtronic plc0.30%5,000$404,000held—12 q
RDS.ARoyal Dutch Shell PLC0.24%4,868$325,000held—19 q

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