Semper Augustus Investments Group

Semper Augustus Investments as of Dec. 31, 2011

Portfolio Holdings for Semper Augustus Investments

Semper Augustus Investments holds 38 positions in its portfolio as reported in the December 2011 quarterly 13F filing

Company (Ticker) Portfolio Weight Valued At Change in Shares Share Count Share Price
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) 16.1 $26M 345k 76.30
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) 14.6 $24M 281k 84.76
Mercury General Corporation (MCY) 11.5 $19M 411k 45.62
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) 6.0 $9.9M 86.00 114755.81
Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM) 5.1 $8.3M 139k 60.01
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) 4.5 $7.3M 282k 25.96
Intel Corporation (INTC) 4.3 $7.1M 291k 24.25
Merck & Co (MRK) 3.2 $5.2M 138k 37.70
Kinross Gold Corp (KGC) 3.1 $5.1M 449k 11.40
General Electric Company 2.6 $4.3M 240k 17.91
Leucadia National 2.5 $4.1M 180k 22.74
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 2.2 $3.5M 54k 65.58
Washington Federal (WAFD) 2.1 $3.4M 242k 13.99
Pepsi (PEP) 2.0 $3.3M 49k 66.36
Statoil ASA 2.0 $3.2M 125k 25.61
Sanofi-Aventis SA (SNY) 1.9 $3.1M 84k 36.54
Coca-Cola Company (KO) 1.5 $2.5M 36k 69.97
AVX Corporation 1.5 $2.5M 195k 12.76
Validus Holdings 1.1 $1.9M 59k 31.49
Vical Incorporated 1.1 $1.8M 412k 4.41
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) 1.1 $1.7M 21k 83.33
White Mountains Insurance Gp (WTM) 1.0 $1.7M 3.7k 453.36
Paychex (PAYX) 0.9 $1.5M 50k 30.12
Travelers Companies (TRV) 0.9 $1.4M 24k 59.17
Philip Morris International (PM) 0.8 $1.3M 17k 78.45
3M Company (MMM) 0.8 $1.2M 15k 81.71
Tellabs 0.7 $1.2M 289k 4.04
Target Corporation (TGT) 0.6 $1.1M 21k 51.22
CNA Financial Corporation (CNA) 0.6 $1.0M 39k 26.75
Royal Dutch Shell 0.6 $953k 13k 73.11
Chubb Corporation 0.6 $904k 13k 69.20
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) 0.6 $896k 15k 59.73
Pfizer (PFE) 0.5 $885k 41k 21.64
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 0.4 $641k 11k 56.23
Procter & Gamble Company (PG) 0.3 $514k 7.7k 66.76
ConocoPhillips (COP) 0.2 $270k 3.7k 72.97
Gannett 0.2 $280k 21k 13.39
CIGNA Corporation 0.1 $208k 5.0k 41.94