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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Apple Berkshire first took a stake in Apple during the first quarter of 2016, and it became the biggest position in the company's portfolio by the fourth quarter of 2017. federal government has run a historic deficit in recent years, and Buffett believes higher taxes will be used to remedy the situation at some point.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

Berkshire slashed its largest position by half Berkshire spent around $38 billion acquiring shares in iPhone maker Apple between 2016 and 2023. In the first quarter of 2024 (ended March 31), Berkshire sold around 13% of its Apple stake for tax reasons (according to Buffett). Image source: The Motley Fool.

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AUGUST 13, 2024

Bank of America You're probably aware that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has been scaling back its stake in Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) in a big way. In this same vein, Berkshire's also recently sold a bunch of its stake in Apple , which is by far its single biggest position.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Berkshire Hathaway cut its stake in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) by almost 50% during the second quarter. It's likely partly for tax reasons, an opinion based on Buffett's answer to a question regarding why the company he leads made this move. The chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B)

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APRIL 1, 2024

Buffett initially started accumulating shares of Apple between 2016 and 2018. While Buffett has trimmed his Apple position a few times in the past, it appears to be for tax purposes more than anything. He notes that every year Berkshire's stake in Apple increases a little bit because Apple buys back so much of its shares.

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MAY 11, 2024

However, the conglomerate might wish it owned a larger stake in the coming years as the AI opportunity unfolds. Berkshire first invested in the iPhone maker in 2016, and it has spent around $38 billion accumulating shares since then. Apple: 39.7% billion, even after discounting the recent sale of 13% of the conglomerate's position.

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JULY 3, 2024

The answer is that only some income is subject to Social Security payroll tax, and only the same amount of income is considered when Social Security benefits are calculated. Income above that amount is not subject to Social Security payroll tax, nor is it included in the benefits formula.

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MAY 28, 2024

The company has consistently talked about this issue since at least the start of 2016. Walgreens' big mistake was buying a large stake in VillageMD, which itself was acquiring various medical groups to expand. billion after-tax goodwill write-down of its VillageMD investment in an admission that it greatly overpaid for the business.

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway stunned Wall Street when it purchased a position in the ultra-popular consumer electronics company Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Buffett trimmed Berkshire's stake in Apple ahead of a major catalyst Apple is expected to release iOS 18.1 The company has a strong presence in several relevant markets.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The Oracle of Omaha made his biggest stock sale in history last quarter, when he cut Berkshire's position in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) by about half of its remaining stake, or about $73 billion. If he thought they were undervalued, he'd be willing to pay higher taxes later to own an undervalued asset today. billion in new purchases.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

During a shareholder conference back in May, Buffett strongly suggested that he thought changes to the tax code were on the horizon, which subsequently inspired some of his decision-making to take gains off the table. Berkshire Hathaway initially started buying Apple stock during the first quarter of 2016.

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AUGUST 17, 2024

The well-known activist, who describes himself as a fundamental value investor, made a name for himself by taking sizable stakes in companies and pushing leaders to make changes that increase shareholder value. Pershing Square holds more than 23 million shares of Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR) , in a stake worth $1.6

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Profit before tax in the same period was £51.6m, an increase of 50.5% Adarsh Sarma, Managing Director, and Rianne Schipper, Principal, Warburg Pincus, said: “Warburg Pincus is proud to have supported Reiss through its growth journey since 2016. In the year to 28 January 2023, Reiss achieved total sales of £324.6m, an increase of 26.4%

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AUGUST 6, 2023

Apple At a stake worth over $150 billion, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) represents nearly 50% of Berkshire's portfolio, making the tech company by far and away the largest position it holds. Buffett is a fan of share repurchases at reasonable prices because an investor's ownership stake can increase without purchasing any additional shares.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Buffett -- or at least one of his lieutenants -- has been shedding its stake in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) for some time now. When Berkshire began buying Apple in 2016, it caught people a little off-guard. Berkshire has shed half of its stake in the consumer technology giant this year alone, but don't read too much into that.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

Not only did Buffett spend an estimated $37 billion acquiring a stake in Apple from 2016 through 2018, but the stock has appreciated greatly since then. Recently, Buffett trimmed the position over the last three quarters, including a massive sale of nearly half of Berkshire's remaining stake in the second quarter.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

In particular, the conglomerate's decision to sell much of its stake in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) this year caused some to scratch their heads. Buffett and Apple stock Berkshire began buying Apple stock in 2016. Berkshire's stock moves always attract attention because of Buffett's stature. Did Buffett make a big mistake? Warre Buffett.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Of interest lately has been the company's stake in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) , which it has been selling off during the year. Valuation may play a part When Buffett first purchased Apple in 2016, it surprised many investors, since Buffett had not invested in many tech stocks over his storied career.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Berkshire sold another 25% or so of its Apple stock, bringing total year-to-date sales to 600 million shares, or around two-thirds of its stake since the beginning of the year. While taxes and succession make the list of potential reasons behind these sales, the sales also indicate perhaps another bigger fear. billion, up from $276.9

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In fact, in 2016 Ford sold 1.3 billion in earnings before interest and taxes during the second quarter, more than double its traditional Ford Blue business, which generated nearly $1.2 million vehicles in China and in 2022 that spiraled to below 500,000. Ford printed $3.2 billion -- and far better than model e's loss of $1.1

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

billion building its stake in Coca-Cola stock between 1987 and 1994, and it has never sold a single share. Berkshire spent approximately $38 billion buying Apple stock between 2016 and 2023. It agreed to spend $1.1 Berkshire spent $1.3 That position is now worth a whopping $28 billion.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

But based on the latest 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Buffett and his investment team have slashed their stake in AI stocks by roughly 50%. Although Berkshire's stake in Amazon remains unchanged at 10 million shares, and selling activity in BYD has been minimal for years (Buffett's company holds around 54.2

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MAY 4, 2024

Berkshire sells roughly 13% of its Apple position The elephant in the room was Berkshire's decision to trim its stake in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) during the first quarter. It marks the company's largest sale of Apple stock since it began purchasing shares in 2016 -- far larger than the 10 million or so shares Berkshire sold in Q4.

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APRIL 27, 2024

Berkshire first purchased shares in the first quarter of 2016. Because Berkshire isn't selling off a sizable chunk of its shares, Buffett can be sure that his firm isn't left paying a huge tax bill. stake in the tech giant. It makes up 41% of the conglomerate's portfolio. Apple's market cap is a whopping $2.6

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MAY 23, 2024

It would be even larger, but the conglomerate recently sold 13% of its position (reportedly for tax reasons). Considering Berkshire only spent around $38 billion accumulating Apple shares since 2016, this investment has seriously paid off. I want to take a moment to highlight the Coca-Cola stake, too. Berkshire spent $1.3

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

They started their position in 2016, continually added to it, and rode Apple's growth to impressive gains. Buffett's move is not what it seems Berkshire's Apple stake was biggest in in the third quarter of 2023 at around 915 million shares, making up 50% of its overall portfolio. Is it time for other investors to follow suit?

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AUGUST 5, 2024

Since Berkshire's first investment back in 2016, Buffett has been a celebrated Apple bull, with the consumer electronics giant representing Berkshire's biggest equity holding. In all, Berkshire has sold more than half its stake in Apple, but that only tells part of the story. Say it ain't so, Warren!

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JULY 13, 2024

The conglomerate spent about $38 billion accumulating shares since 2016, and the position is now worth $184 billion -- even after Berkshire sold 13% of its stake for tax reasons earlier this year. Apple: 44.8% of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is Berkshire's largest position.

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JUNE 21, 2024

He puts his fund's capital to work in businesses he believes are undervalued, and usually builds a large enough stake to earn board seats and/or influence the strategic direction of the companies he's betting on. But the most-surprising move of the first quarter is Ackman selling nearly 10% of Pershing Square's stake in its largest (20.1%

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JUNE 27, 2023

Teddy Kaplan, a New Mountain Managing Director and Head of New Mountain Net Lease commented, “We launched the net lease strategy at New Mountain in early 2016 seeking to utilize the firm’s analytical capabilities, industry experience, deal flow and relationships to build a differentiated net lease platform. billion rupees.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

I had owned a few shares of the graphics processing units (GPU) pioneer in the early days of my investing journey but ultimately sold them in an unprovoked bid of tax-loss harvesting in early 2010. Things changed quickly in 2016 when the stock tripled. I have added to my stake several times since. Fast forward to early 2018.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Analysts earlier this year estimated a sale of WGSN could fetch more than 800 million pounds including debt or 16-18 times its expected 2023 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA). A bid by Apax would see the private equity firm return to the company. Source: London South East Can’t stop reading?

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MAY 12, 2024

Why he sold (according to him) According to regulatory filings, Berkshire sold approximately 1% of its Apple stake in the fourth quarter of 2023. He said the sale was because of tax reasons after seeing large gains in the stock. Should you follow Buffett and trim your Apple position as well? I don't think so.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

The satellite radio provider has always boosted its payout at this point of the year since initiating a dividend policy in late 2016. An event that could've been a positive development -- eliminating tracking shares of John Malone's majority stake that historically traded at a discount -- backfired out of the gate. a share is just a 1.5%

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

While similar, distributions include a return on capital that is untaxed until the units are typically sold, making them tax-deferred. However, investors do receive what is called a K-1 and must fill out some extra tax forms. EV to EBITDA = enterprise-value-to-EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization).

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OCTOBER 3, 2024

Buffett surprised investors in the second quarter when he cut his stake in Apple by 49% to 400 million shares. The billionaire initially bought Apple shares in 2016 and has continued to speak favorably about the company and its leader Tim Cook -- even calling him "Apple's brilliant CEO" in his shareholder letter a couple of years ago.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Additionally, the conglomerate must report any stock purchases or sales for companies in which it owns a stake of 10% or more within three days of the trade. Buffett has consistently added to Berkshire's position in Apple since its initial investment in 2016. Berkshire Hathaway is required to report its U.S.

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