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BALESTRA CAPITAL LTD.

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13F filer, CIK 1007446, NEW YORK, NY

BALESTRA CAPITAL LTD. reported $114,476,000 across 19 holdings for the quarter ended 2014-12-31, in a 13F-HR filed 2015-02-17. Its ten largest share positions make up 81.43% of the portfolio.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001085146-15-000566

Period
2014-12-31
Reported value
$114M
Holdings
19
Top 10 weight
81.43%
New
8
Sold out
7

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
XRTnew+82,000$7.87M
CSCOnew+200,000$5.56M
AAPLnew+50,000$5.52M
FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES Nnew+360,047$4.18M
GOOGLE INCadded+5,600$2.95M

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-1,128,422-$8.39M
TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INCexited-133,550-$4.58M
ULTRA PETROLEUM CORPexited-155,000-$3.6M
FIFTH STREET FIN CORP COMreduced-444,562-$3.56M
YAHOO INCexited-78,000-$3.18M

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, Q4 2014

Share positions as resolved from 13F-HR 0001085146-15-000566, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $67,729,000, the sum of the share positions whose value is usable for ratios (method).

SecurityHistorySharesValue% of portfolioChangeLatest eventTimeline
XRTSPDR SERIES TRUSTQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: 82,000 shares 82,000$7.87M11.62%newTimeline
GOOGLE INCGOOGLE INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: 15,250 shares; 2014Q3: 7,625 shares; 2014Q4: 13,225 shares 13,225$6.96M10.28%+5,600
CMCSACOMCAST CORP NEWQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: 1,038,166 shares; 2014Q1: 910,000 shares; 2014Q2: 200,000 shares; 2014Q3: 85,000 shares; 2014Q4: 110,000 shares 110,000$6.38M9.42%+25,000Timeline
CSCOCISCO SYS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: 200,000 shares 200,000$5.56M8.21%newTimeline
AAPLAPPLE INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: 50,000 shares 50,000$5.52M8.15%newTimeline
SanDisk CorporationSanDisk CorporationQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: 52,133 shares; 2014Q4: 52,133 shares 52,133$5.11M7.54%0
NXPINXP SEMICONDUCTORS N VQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: 79,365 shares; 2014Q4: 60,000 shares 60,000$4.58M6.77%-19,365Timeline
GENERAL ELEC COGENERAL ELEC COQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: 1,375,000 shares; 2014Q2: 436,200 shares; 2014Q3: 201,580 shares; 2014Q4: 180,000 shares 180,000$4.55M6.72%-21,580
CBS CORP NEWCBS CORP NEWQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: 144,980 shares; 2014Q2: 145,700 shares; 2014Q3: 81,097 shares; 2014Q4: 80,000 shares 80,000$4.43M6.54%-1,097
FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES NFIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES NQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: 360,047 shares 360,047$4.18M6.18%new
FIFTH STREET FIN CORP COMFIFTH STREET FIN CORP COMQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 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; 2014Q4: 489,443 shares 489,443$3.92M5.79%-444,562
AERAERCAP HOLDINGS NVQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: 169,224 shares; 2014Q3: 121,900 shares; 2014Q4: 75,552 shares 75,552$2.93M4.33%-46,348Timeline
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; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: 380,948 shares; 2014Q4: 264,786 shares 264,786$2.71M4%-116,162
BABOEING COQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: 250,000 shares; 2014Q2: 94,652 shares; 2014Q3: 36,509 shares; 2014Q4: 17,509 shares 17,509$2.28M3.36%-19,000Timeline
MAVENIR SYS INCMAVENIR SYS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: not reported; 2014Q2: not reported; 2014Q3: not reported; 2014Q4: 42,900 shares 42,900$582K0.86%new
APOLLO INVT CORPAPOLLO INVT CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2013Q1: restricted; 2013Q2: restricted; 2013Q3: restricted; 2013Q4: not reported; 2014Q1: 2,732,000 shares; 2014Q2: 2,774,931 shares; 2014Q3: 1,150,338 shares; 2014Q4: 21,916 shares 21,916$163K0.24%-1,128,422

Options

Puts and calls, as filed. The amount and value describe the underlying shares, not the option premium, so they stay out of % of portfolio (H5).

SecurityTypeAmountValueChange
GENERAL ELEC COGENERAL ELEC CO COMcall1,500,000$37.9Mnew
CBS CORP NEWCBS CORP NEW CL Bcall80,000$4.43Mnew
AAPLAPPLE INC COMcall40,000$4.42Mnew

Sold out in Q4 2014

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

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INCTWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC133,550$4.58Mshares
ULTRA PETROLEUM CORPULTRA PETROLEUM CORP155,000$3.6Mshares
YAHOO INCYAHOO INC78,000$3.18Mshares
BLACKROCK CAP INVT CORPBLACKROCK CAP INVT CORP272,910$2.33Mshares
GLDSPDR GOLD TR2,500$291Kshares
VYMVANGUARD WHITEHALL FDS3,400$226Kshares
CVXCHEVRON CORPORATION1,700$203Kshares

How Q4 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 0001085146-15-000566 base2015-02-17acceptance time not in the bulk data set