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BALESTRA CAPITAL LTD.

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13F filer, CIK 1007446, NEW YORK, NY

BALESTRA CAPITAL LTD. reported $75,539,000 across 18 holdings for the quarter ended 2014-09-30, in a 13F-HR filed 2014-11-12. Its ten largest share positions make up 75.41% of the portfolio.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001085146-14-002201

Period
2014-09-30
Reported value
$75.5M
Holdings
18
Top 10 weight
75.41%
New
4
Sold out
5

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
NXPInew+79,365$5.43M
SanDisk Corporationnew+52,133$5.11M
FIFTH STR SR FLOATNG RATE C…new+380,948$4.5M
ULTRA PETROLEUM CORPnew+155,000$3.6M
BLACKROCK CAP INVT CORPadded+110,107$940K

Ranked by the share change valued at this quarter's implied price (value over shares in the 13F). A position sold out is valued at the previous quarter's price, its last report.

Largest sells vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
APOLLO INVT CORPreduced-1,624,593-$13.3M
FIFTH STREET FIN CORP COMreduced-1,155,835-$10.6M
EBAYexited-195,000-$9.76M
YAHOO INCreduced-199,411-$8.13M
BAreduced-58,143-$7.41M

Ranked by the share change valued at this quarter's implied price (value over shares in the 13F). A position sold out is valued at the previous quarter's price, its last report.

Holdings, Q3 2014

Share positions as resolved from 13F-HR 0001085146-14-002201, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $75,539,000, the sum of the share positions whose value is usable for ratios (method).

SecurityHistorySharesValue% of portfolioChangeLatest eventTimeline
APOLLO INVT CORPAPOLLO INVT CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: 2,732,000 shares; 2014Q2: 2,774,931 shares; 2014Q3: 1,150,338 shares 1,150,338$9.4M12.44%-1,624,593
FIFTH STREET FIN CORP COMFIFTH STREET FIN CORP COMQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: 3,207,442 shares; 2014Q1: 3,420,404 shares; 2014Q2: 2,089,840 shares; 2014Q3: 934,005 shares 934,005$8.57M11.35%-1,155,835
NXPINXP SEMICONDUCTORS N VQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: 79,365 shares 79,365$5.43M7.19%newTimeline
GENERAL ELEC COGENERAL ELEC COQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: 1,375,000 shares; 2014Q2: 436,200 shares; 2014Q3: 201,580 shares 201,580$5.16M6.84%-234,620
SanDisk CorporationSanDisk CorporationQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: 52,133 shares 52,133$5.11M6.76%new
AERAERCAP HOLDINGS NVQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: 169,224 shares; 2014Q3: 121,900 shares 121,900$4.99M6.6%-47,324Timeline
BABOEING COQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: 250,000 shares; 2014Q2: 94,652 shares; 2014Q3: 36,509 shares 36,509$4.65M6.16%-58,143Timeline
TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INCTWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: 1,215,000 shares; 2014Q2: 292,100 shares; 2014Q3: 133,550 shares 133,550$4.58M6.06%-158,550
CMCSACOMCAST CORP NEWQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: 1,038,166 shares; 2014Q1: 910,000 shares; 2014Q2: 200,000 shares; 2014Q3: 85,000 shares 85,000$4.57M6.05%-115,000Timeline
FIFTH STR SR FLOATNG RATE C…FIFTH STR SR FLOATNG RATE CORP COMQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: 380,948 shares 380,948$4.5M5.96%new
GOOGLE INCGOOGLE INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: 15,250 shares; 2014Q3: 7,625 shares 7,625$4.4M5.83%-7,625
CBS CORP NEWCBS CORP NEWQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: 144,980 shares; 2014Q2: 145,700 shares; 2014Q3: 81,097 shares 81,097$4.34M5.74%-64,603
ULTRA PETROLEUM CORPULTRA PETROLEUM CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: 155,000 shares 155,000$3.6M4.77%new
YAHOO INCYAHOO INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: 550,000 shares; 2014Q2: 277,411 shares; 2014Q3: 78,000 shares 78,000$3.18M4.21%-199,411
BLACKROCK CAP INVT CORPBLACKROCK CAP INVT CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: 162,803 shares; 2014Q3: 272,910 shares 272,910$2.33M3.09%+110,107
GLDSPDR GOLD TRQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: 2,500 shares; 2014Q1: 2,500 shares; 2014Q2: 2,500 shares; 2014Q3: 2,500 shares 2,500$291K0.39%0Timeline
VYMVANGUARD WHITEHALL FDSQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: 3,400 shares; 2014Q1: 3,400 shares; 2014Q2: 3,400 shares; 2014Q3: 3,400 shares 3,400$226K0.3%0Timeline
CVXCHEVRON CORPORATIONQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2012Q4: restricted; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: 1,700 shares; 2014Q1: 1,700 shares; 2014Q2: 1,700 shares; 2014Q3: 1,700 shares 1,700$203K0.27%0Timeline

Sold out in Q3 2014

Positions in the previous quarter's report that this quarter's report no longer lists.

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
SPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T1,100,000$215Mput
SPYSTATE STR SPDR S&P 500 ETF T1,000,000$196Mcall
IWMISHARES TR540,000$63.9Mcall
EBAYEBAY INC.195,000$9.76Mshares
VLOVALERO ENERGY CORP125,000$6.26Mshares

How Q3 2014 was built

Available 13F filings of this filer for the quarter and their roles: the base report is the latest original or restatement, NEW HOLDINGS amendments filed after it are added (method).

FilingRoleAmendmentFiledAcceptedIngested
13F-HR 0001085146-14-002201 base2014-11-12acceptance time not in the bulk data set