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Semper Augustus Investments Group 13F holdings, Q4 2007

Holdings as of December 31, 2007 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →

Semper Augustus Investments Group disclosed 47 US equity positions worth $105.7m in its Q4 2007 13F filing. The largest position was GE at 14.3% of the reported book, followed by MCY and EXMOC.

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What did Semper Augustus Investments Group own in Q4 2007? Top 47 positions

#StockSectorWeightValueSharesΔ sharesvs prior
1 GE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO Industrials 14.3%$15.1m407,276
2 MCY MERCURY GENL CORP NEW Financial Services 13.4%$14.1m283,398
3 EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORP 9.4%$10.0m106,332
4 MERCK & CO INC 5.1%$5.4m92,378
5 MYLAN INC 4.9%$5.1m365,520
6 ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC 4.8%$5.0m96,000
7 MCO MOODYS CORP Financial Services 4.0%$4.2m119,055
8 LEG LEGGETT & PLATT INC Consumer Cyclical 3.9%$4.1m235,885
9 WAFD WASHINGTON FED INC Financial Services 3.7%$3.9m186,859
10 INTC INTEL CORP Technology 2.4%$2.5m93,425
11 NATIONAL CITY CORP 2.2%$2.3m141,154
12 KO COCA COLA CO Consumer Defensive 2.1%$2.2m36,400
13 SCHERING PLOUGH CORP 1.9%$2.0m76,800
14 NEM NEWMONT MINING CORP Basic Materials 1.8%$1.9m39,615
15 VICAL INC 1.7%$1.8m418,935
16 WALGREEN CO 1.6%$1.7m44,685
17 STEIN MART INC 1.6%$1.7m351,425
18 COST COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW Consumer Defensive 1.5%$1.5m22,077
19 JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON Healthcare 1.4%$1.5m22,556
20 EMR EMERSON ELEC CO Industrials 1.4%$1.5m26,400
21 IPC HLDGS LTD 1.2%$1.3m43,621
22 BMY BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO Healthcare 1.2%$1.2m46,576
23 LLY LILLY ELI & CO Healthcare 1.1%$1.1m21,089
24 CHEMICAL FINL CORP 1.1%$1.1m46,805
25 RDS/A ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC SPONS 1.0%$1.1m12,968
26 WHITE MTNS INS GROUP LTD 1.0%$1.1m2,074
27 BRO BROWN & BROWN INC Financial Services 1.0%$1.1m45,340
28 AVX CORP NEW 0.9%$988.0k73,600
29 DBD DIEBOLD INC Technology 0.9%$922.0k31,815
30 CB CHUBB CORP Financial Services 0.8%$866.0k15,864
31 APOLLO GROUP INC 0.8%$825.0k11,765
32 ABT ABBOTT LABS Healthcare 0.6%$684.0k12,190
33 PG PROCTER & GAMBLE CO Consumer Defensive 0.6%$670.0k9,120
34 COP CONOCOPHILLIPS Energy 0.6%$586.0k6,640
35 MO ALTRIA GROUP INC Consumer Defensive 0.5%$507.0k6,705
36 ABX BARRICK GOLD CORP Financial Services 0.4%$452.0k10,748
37 HD HOME DEPOT INC Consumer Cyclical 0.4%$430.0k15,966
38 99 CENTS ONLY STORES 0.4%$397.0k49,915
39 CNA CNA FINL CORP Financial Services 0.4%$389.0k11,550
40 PEP PEPSICO INC Consumer Defensive 0.3%$349.0k4,600
41 WYETH 0.3%$327.0k7,400
42 TELLABS INC 0.3%$297.0k45,355
43 MOTOROLA INC 0.3%$289.0k18,000
44 T AT&T INC Communication Services 0.3%$282.0k6,778
45 CIGNA CORP 0.3%$266.0k4,959
46 KGC KINROSS GOLD CORP Basic Materials 0.2%$262.0k14,255
47 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 0.2%$218.0k3,740

Weights are shares of the reported long US equity book (options excluded). Values are as filed, normalised to whole dollars. Share changes compare against the immediately preceding filing only.