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Semper Augustus

Q3 2018 13F · by Christopher Bloomstran, CIO

As of
Sep 30, 2018
Filed
Nov 13, 2018
US stock
$173M · prev $160M
Positions
29 · prev 29
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%

Moves16 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 10 equal-sized positions

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

Low turnover · 7.8% a year, about 12.8 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions54% of US stock

  1. BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B trimmed+1.23 pp trimmed+1.2322.7%
  2. BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc. held held15.9%
  3. SBUX Starbucks Corp trimmed+0.40 pp trimmed+0.405.8%
  4. XOM Exxon Mobil Corp trimmed−0.32 pp trimmed−0.325.6%
  5. MCY Mercury General Corp. trimmed+0.07 pp trimmed+0.074.5%

Positions29 in this filing · 2 exited

BRK.BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B22.73%184,062$39Mtrimmed−0%+1.23 pp22 q
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.15.87%86$28Mheld—22 q
SBUXStarbucks Corp5.79%176,492$10Mtrimmed−0%+0.40 pp2 q
XOMExxon Mobil Corp5.59%114,029$10Mtrimmed−0%−0.32 pp22 q
MCYMercury General Corp.4.47%154,390$8Mtrimmed0%+0.07 pp22 q
SMHISEACOR Marine Holdings Inc.4.29%328,858$7Mheld—6 q
unresolvedU S G Corp3.70%147,992$6Mtrimmed−1%−0.35 pp2 q
DGDollar General Corp.3.63%57,621$6Mtrimmed−0%+0.07 pp7 q
SNYSanofi3.18%123,472$6Mheld—22 q
NEMNewmont Corporation3.06%175,676$5Mheld—22 q
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp2.68%19,816$5Mheld—22 q
HXLHexcel Corporation2.56%66,278$4Mtrimmed0%−0.19 pp10 q
CMICummins Inc.2.53%30,035$4Mnew+2.53 ppnew
18614USDGoldcorp Inc2.24%380,070$4Mtrimmed0%−1.02 pp22 q
NKENike, Inc.1.94%39,618$3Mheld—6 q
EQNREquinor ASA1.79%110,240$3Mheld—2 q
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.1.75%42,723$3Mheld—22 q
KGCKinross Gold Corporation1.72%1,106,958$3Mheld—22 q
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.1.50%20,000$3Mheld—22 q
NXPINXP Semiconductors N.V.1.50%30,378$3Mnew+1.50 ppnew
DISThe Walt Disney Company1.48%21,929$3Mtrimmed0%+0.04 pp2 q
AXPAmerican Express Company1.34%21,761$2Mtrimmed−0%0.00 pp15 q
WAFDWaFd, Inc.1.02%55,204$2Mtrimmed0%−0.11 pp22 q
unresolvedAVX Corporation1.01%97,380$2Mtrimmed−4%+0.01 pp22 q
KOCoca-Cola Company0.80%30,000$1Mheld—22 q
unresolvedGeneral Electric Co0.78%119,515$1Mheld—22 q
INTCIntel Corp0.58%21,161$1Mheld—22 q
MDTMedtronic plc0.29%5,050$497,000held—15 q
RDS.ARoyal Dutch Shell PLC0.19%4,868$332,000held—22 q
unresolvedValidus Holdings Ltd—−46,494—exited−1.97 pp—
unresolvedAberdeen Asia Pacific Incom—−10,200—exited−0.03 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 3 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet