Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

Private equity firm KKR plans to cut its stake in Kokusai Electric, two people familiar with the matter said, cashing in after a blistering run for shares in the Japanese chip equipment maker. KKR, which holds around 43% of Kokusai’s shares, plans to sell about half of its stake to investors, one of the people said.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

That's twice as much as the conglomerate has invested in any single company in its entire history. Buffett's investing strategy is simple Buffett is a value investor , so he likes to buy great companies at an attractive price with the intention of holding on to them for the long term. billion worth of Berkshire stock.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 24, 2024

The giant conglomerate has also been a net seller of stocks over the past year and a half. However, investors should be careful in how they interpret Buffett's $277 billion "warning." Buffett's warning may not apply to the average investor Berkshire Hathaway makes money in two ways. So, the conglomerate would need to buy $2.8

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2024

The same investment in the S&P 500 index would be worth just $327,400 today, so it's no surprise that investors closely monitor Buffett's every move. It's the most money the conglomerate has invested in any company since Buffett took the helm in 1965. Berkshire Hathaway! Treasury Bills remains above $30 billion.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 20, 2024

The wraps are finally off, with Berkshire's most recent 13-F filing disclosing all the conglomerate's equity positions as of the end of the first quarter. Buffett acquired nearly 26 million shares of the company over the past three quarters, a stake that's now worth about $6.9 Should investors follow Buffett's lead?

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 17, 2024

The claims piled onto the already struggling stock, which had previously been a longtime holding of Warren Buffett's conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). Buffett and his team have an excellent track record of evaluating management, which is a big reason for the conglomerate's long-term success.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2024

In other words, a $100 investment in the conglomerate back then would be worth nearly $4.4 Buffett's long track record of success is why investors eagerly await Berkshire Hathaway's Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which shows which stocks the conglomerate bought and sold during the most recent quarter.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Alternatively, TikTok, which is owned by a Chinese tech conglomerate called ByteDance, is experiencing unprecedented growth overseas -- the platform reportedly has 150 million users just in the U.S. These forms are intended to provide fairly comprehensive information about a business and its key investors and relationships.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 28, 2024

Its stake in Apple is worth $90.7 billion even after Buffett nearly halved the conglomerate's position in the iPhone maker. Berkshire's stake in AmEx totals close to $38.5 Two oil stocks round out the top six, Chevron and Occidental, with Berkshire's stakes totaling nearly $17.6 billion of the conglomerate's $42.3

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 10, 2024

Warren Buffett is considered one of the greatest investors of all time, and he has the track record to prove it. from a struggling textile business in the 1960s to a massive conglomerate worth $900 billion today by buying highly valuable businesses at a fair price. Here's how Berkshire got here, and what it means for investors.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2023

is reviewing strategic options for its majority stake in SK Shipping Co., is working with financial advisers as it weighs a potential partial or full sale of its stake, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. Considers Selling Stake in SK Shipping for $10bn South Korean buyout firm Hahn & Co.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Shares of Honeywell International (NASDAQ: HON) hit a new all-time high on Tuesday on news that activist investor Elliott Investment Management had amassed a more than $5 billion stake in the industrial conglomerate. With ownership of between 3% and 4% of the stock, it's now the largest activist investor in the company.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 17, 2024

Warren Buffett is considered one of the greatest investors of all time. After months of speculation, in its most recent 13F disclosure, the conglomerate revealed that the mystery position was commercial property and casualty insurance company Chubb (NYSE: CB). As of this writing, Berkshire's stake in Chubb was worth about $6.8

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The Motley Fool

MAY 22, 2024

Billionaire David Tepper's recent 13-F filing with the SEC caught investors' attention for an aggressive investment in a surprise stock. The document revealed that his Appaloosa fund increased his stake in China's leading e-commerce conglomerate, Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) , by 159% in the first quarter of 2024. Moreover, with U.S.-China

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AUGUST 5, 2024

That's despite some significant sales from the Oracle of Omaha over the past three quarters, including about half Berkshire’s stake in the second quarter. In 2023, he called Apple "a better business than any we own," referencing the portfolio of wholly owned companies that fall under the Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 17, 2024

In reality, two new companies came out of the spinoff of Solventum (NYSE: SOLV) and 3M (NYSE: MMM) -- a newly created healthcare company and an industrial conglomerate without a healthcare business. stake in Solventum, which it can sell to raise cash. Image source: Getty Images. In addition, 3M retains a 19.9%

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

While the ECB is aiming to raise around £500m by selling a 49% stake in the franchises, insiders estimate that the two London-based teams alone could be valued at £300m. However, Surrey County Cricket Club, which holds a 51% stake in the Invincibles, intends to retain majority control.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For example, Warren Buffett is buying only a few stocks for Berkshire Hathaway 's portfolio but has built a massive cash stockpile for the conglomerate. Englander made an even more emphatic move, slashing Millennium's stake in the iPhone maker by a whopping 90.4%. of its stake in the e-commerce and cloud services leader.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

That's why investors closely watch Buffett's every move, and he has made a lot of them lately. However, he did buy another $345 million worth of one particular stock, and here's why that might actually be a warning sign for investors. Since Warren Buffett is a value investor , his recent caution isn't a surprise.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 9, 2024

That's why investors closely monitor Berkshire's every move. The conglomerate's success stems from Buffett's simple investment strategy : He likes companies with steady growth, robust profitability, strong management teams, and shareholder-friendly initiatives like stock buyback programs and dividend schemes. million today.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Investing legend Warren Buffett and his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , have not given investors many reasons to buy into the strength of this market. That's not exactly the type of news that investors might have hoped for, but it comes with a silver lining.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Warren Buffett remains a value investor at heart. The conglomerate's stake in BofA is currently worth a whopping $30.6 5 spot in Berkshire's portfolio with a stake of around $15.7 billion worth of Oxy shares, enough to make it the conglomerate's sixth-largest holding. However, Buffett still loves to find bargains.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 21, 2024

When it comes to billionaire investors, Bill Gates is pretty much a household name. While the portfolio has stakes in two dozen companies in all, the vast majority is held in just four stocks. million Berkshire shares in a stake worth nearly $7.96 Gates is worth an estimated $127.7 Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Buffett's conglomerate has been steadily selling off Bank of America, and it's not fully clear why. So what should investors do? Some have suggested that Berkshire is interested in getting its stake below 10% so it doesn't have to report its activity in the stock anymore. Should you invest $1,000 in Bank of America right now?

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The Motley Fool

JULY 13, 2024

Buffett's biggest contrarian bet Chevron (NYSE: CVX) ranks as Berkshire Hathaway 's fourth-largest holding, with the conglomerate's position worth nearly $19.1 Sure, Buffett trimmed Berkshire's stake in Chevron by 2.5% The conglomerate's stake in Occidental Petroleum is worth nearly $15.7 earlier this year. of Occidental.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 2, 2024

With the sale of its 70% stake in satellite television provider DIRECTV, telecom giant AT&T (NYSE: T) is finally fully out of the media business. The company wasted many billions of dollars over the past decade in an ill-fated attempt to transform itself into a media conglomerate. It paid a staggering $48.5

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Buffett and his team's long track record of investing success is a big reason investors eagerly await Berkshire Hathaway's quarterly form 13-F. The Securities and Exchange Commission legally requires this filing from institutional investors, which discloses their quarterly investing activities. Should investors follow Buffett's lead?

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The Motley Fool

JULY 7, 2024

Buffett isn't the type of investor who chases the latest stock market trends, so you won't find him piling into red-hot artificial intelligence (AI) stocks today. But three stocks Berkshire already owns are set to benefit tremendously from AI, and they account for more than 45% of the conglomerate's entire $398.7 Amazon: 0.5%

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 18, 2024

There's good news if you're in that group: Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio offers several great ideas for cash-strapped investors. Should you be concerned that Buffett sold nearly 9% of Berkshire's stake in Bank of America in the second quarter of 2024? Note, though, that the Japanese conglomerate trades via two over-the-counter stocks.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Of the 15 holdings worth more, Buffett reduced Berkshire's stake in three this year and didn't buy any shares of nine others. The legendary investor also loaded up on Sirius XM Holdings. So does this make Berkshire Hathaway a no-brainer buy right now for other investors? Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Not necessarily.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 31, 2024

Warren Buffett is considered by many as one of the greatest investors of all time. The longevity of his success is remarkable, starting as a public investor in the 1950s after establishing his own investment partnership. But he really made headlines when he sold nearly half of Berkshire's remaining stake last quarter.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

The legendary investor has been a net seller of stocks for seven consecutive quarters. But one of them still looks like a great pick for income investors. Berkshire continued to sell shares of Bank of America in Q2 and also sold 21% of its stake in Capital One Financial. However, there are periods when he's liked them less.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 11, 2024

Much of the conglomerate's success has been the result of smart stock picking by Buffett -- or as he would prefer to say, business picking. Berkshire first initiated a stake in Paramount Global in the first quarter of 2022. The conglomerate now owns over 15% of Paramount, with its stake worth close to $1.3

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Warren Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) 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. That eventually grew into the conglomerate we know today.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , is widely recognized as one of the greatest investors of all time. In particular, the conglomerate's decision to sell much of its stake in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) this year caused some to scratch their heads. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While that stake is only worth about 1% of Berkshire's total portfolio, the investment conglomerate owns over 12% of HP shares overall. Here's the likely reason Buffett made the choice, why it hasn't worked out so well, and what investors can learn. But I believe Buffett bought the wrong HP stock, at least up until this point.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

latest 13F filing revealed that the conglomerate trimmed its stake in Amazon by roughly 5%. However, Buffett said that several of the conglomerate's major equity holdings were overseen by the two investment managers. Of course, it's possible that Buffett became personally involved with the Amazon stake later.

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