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    Sequoia Fund    March 31, 2021    

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

March 31, 2021

(Percentage are of the Fund’s Net Assets)

Common Stocks (99.4%)

 

        Shares         

                       Value                 
 

Aerospace & Defense (2.5%)

  
  79,110,516    

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)(a)

   $ 114,842,030  
    

 

 

 
 

Application Software (4.3%)

  
  143,661    

Constellation Software, Inc. (Canada)

     200,629,268  
    

 

 

 
 

Automotive Retail (6.8%)

  
  2,380,073    

CarMax, Inc.(a)

     315,740,484  
    

 

 

 
 

Cable & Satellite (4.2%)

  
  422,084    

Liberty Broadband Corp.-Class A(a)

     61,265,492  
  893,831    

Liberty Broadband Corp.-Class C(a)

     134,208,725  
    

 

 

 
       195,474,217  
    

 

 

 
 

Communications Equipment (3.3%)

  
  502,539    

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

     151,711,499  
    

 

 

 
 

Construction & Engineering (3.9%)

  
  1,379,878    

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

     178,376,829  
    

 

 

 
 

Consumer Finance (4.4%)

  
  569,202    

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)

     205,043,636  
    

 

 

 
 

Data Processing & Outsourced Services (4.0%)

  
  698,957    

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     98,280,344  
  244,627    

Mastercard, Inc.-Class A

     87,099,443  
    

 

 

 
       185,379,787  
    

 

 

 
 

Financial Exchanges & Data (3.0%)

  
  1,237,843    

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     138,242,306  
    

 

 

 
 

Interactive Media & Services (12.3%)

  
  100,042    

Alphabet, Inc.-Class A(a)

     206,338,626  
  50,880    

Alphabet, Inc.-Class C(a)

     105,251,894  
  886,315    

Facebook, Inc.-Class A(a)

     261,046,357  
    

 

 

 
       572,636,877  
    

 

 

 
 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (6.7%)

  
  1,499,478    

Prosus NV (Netherlands)(a)

     166,699,908  
  456,525    

Wayfair, Inc.-Class A(a)

     143,691,244  
    

 

 

 
       310,391,152  
    

 

 

 
 

Investment Banking & Brokerage (4.6%)

  
  3,265,681    

The Charles Schwab Corp.

     212,857,088  
    

 

 

 
 

Life Sciences Tools & Services (3.9%)

  
  1,878,177    

Eurofins Scientific SE (Luxembourg)(a)

     179,528,886  
    

 

 

 
 

Managed Health Care (8.5%)

  
  409,924    

Anthem, Inc

     147,142,220  
  658,285    

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     244,928,100  
    

 

 

 
       392,070,320  
    

 

 

 
 

Movies & Entertainment (14.2%)

  
  43,481    

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One-Class A(a)

     1,661,844  
  3,832,607    

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One-Class C(a)

     165,913,557  
  248,745    

Netflix, Inc.(a)

     129,760,317  
  997,772    

The Walt Disney Co.(a)

     184,108,889  
  5,383,123    

Vivendi SA (France)

     176,758,074  
    

 

 

 
       658,202,681  
    

 

 

 

 

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    Sequoia Fund

 

   March 31, 2021    

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

March 31, 2021

 

        Shares         

                       Value                 
 

Multi-Sector Holdings (2.4%)

  
  128    

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class A(a)

   $ 49,369,856  
  248,316    

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B(a)

     63,437,289  
    

 

 

 
       112,807,145  
    

 

 

 
 

Packaged Foods & Meats (1.2%)

  
  9,432,631    

The a2 Milk Co., Ltd. (New Zealand)(a)

     56,098,465  
    

 

 

 
 

Property & Casualty Insurance (0.4%)

  
  1,724,939    

Hiscox, Ltd. (Bermuda)(a)

     20,460,320  
    

 

 

 
 

Semiconductors (8.8%)

  
  1,860,957    

Micron Technology, Inc.(a)

     164,155,017  
  2,074,015    

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - SP ADR (Taiwan)

     245,314,494  
       409,469,511  
    

 

 

 
 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $2,512,109,720)

     4,609,962,501  
    

 

 

 
 

Total Investments (99.4%)

  
 

(Cost $2,512,109,720)(b)

     4,609,962,501  
 

Other Assets Less Liabilities (0.6%)

     28,401,204  
    

 

 

 
 

Net Assets (100.0%)

   $ 4,638,363,705  
    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

(b)

The cost for federal income tax purposes is $2,510,256,929. The difference between book cost and tax cost is attributable to financial and tax accounting differences on a corporate spin-off. At March 31, 2021, the aggregate gross tax basis unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities were $2,112,843,321 and $13,137,749, respectively.

Abbreviation:

SP ADR Sponsored American Depository Receipt

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

Investments are carried at fair value as determined under the supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors. Securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the principal exchange on which the security is listed; securities traded in the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) are valued in accordance with the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. Securities for which there is no sale or Official Closing Price are valued at the mean of the last reported bid and asked prices.

Securities traded on a foreign exchange are valued at the closing price on the last business day of the period on the principal exchange on which the security is primarily traded. The value is then converted into its U.S. dollar equivalent at the foreign exchange rate in effect at the close of the New York Stock Exchange on the date of valuation.

U.S. Treasury Bills with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at their amortized cost. U.S. Treasury Bills that when purchased have a remaining maturity in excess of 60 days are valued on the basis of market quotations and estimates until the sixtieth day prior to maturity, at which point they are valued at amortized cost. Fixed-income securities, other than U.S. Treasury Bills, are valued at the last quoted sales price or, if adequate trading volume is not present, at the mean of the last bid and asked prices.

 

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    Sequoia Fund

 

   March 31, 2021    

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

March 31, 2021

 

When reliable market quotations are insufficient or not readily available at time of valuation or when Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. (the “Investment Adviser”) determines that the prices or values available do not represent the fair value of a security, such security is valued as determined in good faith by the Investment Adviser, in conformity with procedures adopted by and subject to review by the Fund’s Board of Directors.

Generally accepted accounting principles establish a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value the investments at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three levels listed below:

 

Level 1     

unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2     

other significant observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk).

Level 3     

unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. As of March 31, 2021, all financial instruments listed in the Schedule of Investments are considered Level 1. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, there were no transfers between Levels and there were no Level 3 securities held by the Fund.

 

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