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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

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. Berkshire's stake in the Japanese conglomerate totals nearly $5.6 billion stake in HP.

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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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JULY 17, 2024

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 Buffett is very familiar with the insurance business.

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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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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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JUNE 14, 2023

While Buffett still runs Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , the firm that he took over in 1965 and built into one of the largest conglomerates in the world, he now has many other investors that work with him at Berkshire and have their own autonomy including Todd Combs and Ted Weschler. if Berkshire wanted to.

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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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OCTOBER 9, 2024

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. That's why investors closely monitor Berkshire's every move. It agreed to spend $1.1

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JULY 7, 2024

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 Berkshire Hathaway bought its stake in Snowflake around the time of the data cloud specialist's initial public offering in 2020, so it likely paid around $120 per share. Apple: 44.5%

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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The conglomerate first started buying shares in the iPhone maker during the first quarter of 2016. stake in Apple thanks to its holding of nearly 916 million shares. This sizable cash infusion would only exacerbate the conglomerate's problem. Many people believe that Warren Buffett is the greatest investor ever.

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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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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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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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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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SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Buffett's conglomerate has been steadily selling off Bank of America, and it's not fully clear why. 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. In recent years, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has been Berkshire's No.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The position accounted for almost half of the conglomerate's entire stock portfolio, and considering it only had a cost-basis of around $38 billion, it was sitting on a very nice profit. Buffett said it was for tax reasons, but then Berkshire proceeded to sell a whopping 49% of its remaining Apple stake during Q2! of its portfolio.

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MAY 11, 2024

of the conglomerate's $362 billion portfolio of publicly traded stocks and securities today. However, the conglomerate might wish it owned a larger stake in the coming years as the AI opportunity unfolds. Thanks to a significant increase in stock price, Berkshire's stake in Apple is currently worth a whopping $143.5

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MAY 23, 2024

The conglomerate owns substantial positions in private and public success stories like GEICO, Coca-Cola , and even Apple. That's just one of the conglomerate's many success stories. It would be even larger, but the conglomerate recently sold 13% of its position (reportedly for tax reasons). billion accounting for 39.7%

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APRIL 27, 2024

Shares of the Japanese conglomerate have skyrocketed over 40% this year. Berkshire owns stakes of roughly 9% in five Japanese trading companies. However, when Berkshire owns a stake in a company, Buffett owns a stake too. That could be a smart decision. Mitsubishi's business spans a wide range of industries.

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AUGUST 31, 2024

As Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , Buffett is in charge of managing the bulk of the conglomerate's equity portfolio. But he really made headlines when he sold nearly half of Berkshire's remaining stake last quarter. The stock remains close to 30% of the conglomerate's portfolio.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

But that's just one of the conglomerate's many success stories. Berkshire now has a full ownership stake in a number of famous businesses including Dairy Queen, Duracell, and GEICO. The conglomerate has the financial results to back up those substantial gains. Today, that position is worth $24.4 million today. It generated $49.3

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JUNE 7, 2024

People tend to want to own stakes in exciting companies making headlines. Berkshire is a basket of stocks and a bunch of privately owned (not publicly traded) companies that collectively make up a massive conglomerate. The ultimate moral of the story is to begin building your stake in Berkshire as soon as possible.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Berkshire Hathaway's 400 million shares of Coca-Cola are worth nearly $26 billion, by the way -- the conglomerate's fourth-biggest holding. Buffett -- or at least one of his lieutenants -- has been shedding its stake in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) for some time now. That in and of itself is a hint worth taking.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

Sure, shares of the giant conglomerate jumped 15%. Buffett's stake in Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is much smaller. The telecommunications company is a relatively small position for Buffett, with Berkshire's stake currently worth around $850 million. The Nasdaq-100 was sizzling hot in 2023, skyrocketing nearly 54%. wasn't as hot.

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JULY 19, 2023

Buying a stake in Activision proved to be a lucrative move for Berkshire. By the end of 2022, its stake had been trimmed to 6.7%. The giant conglomerate's stake was reduced to only 1.9%. However, Buffett later personally entered the fray and increased Berkshire's stake in Activision. of Activision.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

The conglomerate's portfolio includes a host of high-quality stocks like Apple , Coca-Cola , and American Express , but in 2020, it acquired a small stake in cloud computing company Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW). of the conglomerate's $312 billion portfolio. million today. Here's why I'm not surprised. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

The conglomerate's stake is currently worth close to $175.9 Berkshire's stake in the e-commerce and cloud services giant is currently worth around $1.6 Like Berkshire, NEAM has a stake in Apple. It's also probably fair to say that he views one of those two stocks as much more magnificent than the other.

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MARCH 2, 2024

Lennar Berkshire exited its stake in one major U.S. homebuilder in the fourth quarter, but the conglomerate's portfolio still includes two homebuilders. The conglomerate, though, has regulatory approval to acquire up to 50% of Oxy. As the leading cloud services provider, Amazon should benefit greatly from this trend.

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DECEMBER 25, 2024

However, Berkshire's stake is worth $2.2 billion as of this writing, so the conglomerate can still make a lot of money in the long run if Amazon's AI bets pay off. AI definitely wasn't part of Buffett's Coca-Cola investment thesis back then, but the technology could add significant value to his stake from here. Coca-Cola: 8.4%

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JUNE 23, 2024

More recently, he made what may be a once-in-a-generation bet on Southeast Asian conglomerate Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) after having sold most of his shares in 2022. Ultimately, internal and external factors increase the likelihood that Sea Limited will become one of the world's premier e-commerce conglomerates.

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MARCH 24, 2024

Altria Group: Price increases and selling minority stakes Our first stock is Altria Group (NYSE: MO). Altria Group owns a large stake in Anheuser Busch , the global beer company. It has started to sell off part of this stake in order to fuel share buybacks, which decrease Altria's outstanding shares.

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JUNE 13, 2024

The company's substantial stake in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) , which recently announced the advent of "Apple Intelligence," could help mitigate the risks associated with widespread technological disruption. What's the big picture? Berkshire Hathaway's stock portfolio doesn't reflect this important dynamic.

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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. But Buffett's conglomerate has sold stock over the last three quarters, through the second quarter of 2024. (It Berkshire's stock moves always attract attention because of Buffett's stature.

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JUNE 25, 2024

Although it is the leading e-commerce conglomerate in China, its stock has suffered amid political turmoil. Alibaba is an American Depositary Receipt rather than an actual stake in Alibaba. Still, if one can stomach the political risk, the stock could become a tremendous opportunity to buy an e-commerce conglomerate at a huge discount.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

Warren Buffett's diversified conglomerate generated those steady returns even as inflation, elevated interest rates, and geopolitical conflicts rattled the broader markets. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) , which Berkshire Hathaway holds a major stake in, trades at 21.6 Berkshire Hathaway 's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) times its cash holdings.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

Warren Buffett's masterpiece is a well-diversified conglomerate that should continue to generate solid returns for its shareowners long after the legendary investor retires. Iger could look to sell Disney's 80% stake in ESPN. Iger is reportedly also considering an acquisition of Comcast 's one-third stake in Hulu.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

The giant conglomerate has also been a net seller of stocks over the past year and a half. So, the conglomerate would need to buy $2.8 billion worth of a stock for its stake to represent 1% of its portfolio. It may say more about the conglomerate's size than it does about the stock market.

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