🚨 BREAKING: Buffett just updated his holdings
Along with reducing his Apple $AAPL stake of almost 50%, he added two new positions:
Ultra Beauty $ULTA - $266M shares
Heico $HEI - $185M shares
Breaking 🚨:
The infamous 'Warren Buffett Indicator' has officially hit 195% which is the highest in history - higher than the dot com bubble, global financial crisis, and the 2022 COVID crash
🍎 BREAKING: $AAPL closes at an all time high of $197.26.
Buffett holds 915M shares of Apple which equates to a value of $181 billion dollars. His cost basis is $36 billion.
To put this in perspective he earns $878 million in dividends alone each year while being up $145
🚨 BREAKING:
Buffett sold off almost half of his entire Apple stake ~ over $50B worth of shares
$AAPL is still Berkshire’s largest at $84.2 Billion worth of shares at end of Q2
Berkshire’s cash holdings to a record high of $277B
One of Charlie Munger’s last gems from his May 2023 public appearance: “get toxic people out of your life.”
This investing legend gifted us with not just financial acumen but profound life lessons.
📣 BREAKING: Warren Buffett's recent portfolio changes at Berkshire Hathaway are out:
Fully divested from
General Motors $GM,
Activision Blizzard $ATVI,
Procter & Gamble $PG,
Johnson & Johnson $JNJ.
Trimmed holdings in
HP $HPQ
Chevron $CVX.
Initiated a new position in
Breaking 🚨:
Buffett's new trades are officially filed
In Q3 he opened up a new top 10 position in $TSM and bought more of $CVX & $OXY
Top 10 holdings updated holdings are:
$AAPL - 42%
$BAC - 10%
$CVX - 8%
$KO - 8%
$AXP - 7%
$OXY - 4%
$KHC - 3%
$MCO - 2%
$ATVI - 2%
$TSM - 1%
Warren Buffett describing what happened to Lehman Brothers back in 2008
"Once you lose confidence, its all over"
Eerily similar to the situation happening in crypto today
“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business.”
― Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett just released his annual shareholder letter:
The US garnered $32 trillion in taxes of which $32 billion or .1% came from Berkshire alone via the Corporate Tax
If 1,000 others matched B's payments, no other business nor person would have had to pay a dime in taxes
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is sitting on a record-breaking $157.2 billion cash pile, and it's only going to get bigger. 💸
Berkshire Hathaway raked in a cool $5.1 billion in interest income over the past 12 months alone. But why is Berkshire Hathaway holding so much
🚨 JUST IN: Buffett's cash pile just got even bigger
Yesterday he filed that he sold more Bank of America $BAC stock
Buffett and Berkshire sold another 14 million shares for around $550.7M
SInce the end of Q2 Buffett has sold more than $4 Billion worth of $BAC stock alone
"Calling someone who trades actively in the market an investor is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a romantic."
| Warren Buffett
"Calling someone who trades actively in the market an investor is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a romantic."
| Warren Buffett
Breaking 🛢️:
Buffett has filed and been approved to buy up to 50% of $OXY common stock shares
Occidental Petroleum is Buffett's 6th largest position and 5% of his portfolio totaling up to $16B
$OXY is currently up 6% on the news
Buffett and Munger talking about Elon Musk:
“He likes taking in the impossible job …we’re different. Warren and I are looking for the easy job we can identify. We have a wholly different way if going about life.”
In Buffett's most recent 13F, he opened up a new $4 billion dollar position in $TSM
Yesterday $AAPL announced their plans to buy Chips from Arizona, most likely coming from $TSM facilities
$TSM jumped 12% on the news.
The king strikes again 👑
After passing away in November at the age of 99, this will be the first time in over 50+ years that Charlie Munger will be not be at the Berkshire annual shareholders meeting
His presence will truly be missed.
Buffett was asked if he had one more day with Charlie Munger what he would do?
His response:
"We always lived in a way where we were happy with what we were doing every day..."
Jeff Bezos once asked Buffett:
“You are the second-richest man in the world and yet you have the simplest investment thesis. How come others didn’t follow this?”
Warren Buffett responded: “Because no one wants to get rich slowly.”
BREAKING: Reuters reports that Aspartame, the sweetener in Diet Coke, causes cancer.
Coca-Cola $KO is up 34% in the last 5 years and makes up 7% of Buffett's portfolio.
"Bull markets go to people's heads. If you're a duck on a pond, and it's rising due to a downpour, you start going up in the world. But you think it's you, not the pond."
–– Charlie Munger
Buffett recently loaded up on five cheap Japanese companies
When diving deeper, it checks out because they perfectly fit his investment style
- ultra conservative management
- keep excess cash on hand
- cheap valuations
Here's a quick analysis on his recent buys⬇️
Even at a net worth of $132.8 billion, Buffett’s frugalness still shines through for his daily McDonald’s breakfast
“The market is down this morning so I think I’ll pass up the $3.17 and go for the $2.91”
🚨 Warren Buffett's Q4 moves are in!
The Oracle of Omaha hikes Sirius XM stake by 315.60%, showing a strong signal in media.
Chevron & Occidental Petroleum also see an uptick, hinting at bullish oil views.
Meanwhile, he's cut Apple by 1.09% & exited D.R. Horton, Markel,
2023 was a mix for Warren Buffett: Berkshire’s 16% gain was outshined by the S&P 500's (gaining 26%) but the real buzz? A record $157.2 billion cash stash!
This gives Buffett a unique edge for 2024, ready to make some big plays. From Apple's stellar 55% rise to Chevron's 13%
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reported a record $167.6 Billion cash balance in the fourth quarter
This is the most amount of cash the company has ever had in history 👀
Today Warren Buffett turned 94
The Oracle of Omaha has always had sage advice when it comes to life, investing, and everything between
Here are his top ten quotes of all time:
🚨 Just in:
Nvidia $NVDA has now surpassed Apple $AAPL in market cap
This makes Nvidia the second largest company in the world at over $3 Trillion in market cap
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sips another substantial dividend from Coca-Cola $KO, banking $184M today.
Not just pocket change, considering his initial $1.3B investment has turned into a $23.6B valuation. That's a 79% climb without breaking a sweat.
Imagine receiving a quarterly check for $219.7 million! 🤯 That was Warren Buffett’s reality due to his Apple investment.
Last week, Apple $AAPL paid its $0.24 per share dividend, and Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway reaped the benefits. With 50.04% of Buffett's portfolio
Buffett spoke openly about taxing corporations
"If we send a check like we did last year... and if 800 other companies had done the same thing, no other person in the US would have had to pay a dime in federal taxes."
Here’s a full list of every book Warren Buffett has recommended this decade in his annual letters
This is definitely worth saving ⬇️
1. ‘Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger’
- Edited by Peter D. Kaufman
2. ‘The Intelligent Investor’
- By Benjamin
Last quarter Buffett shockingly sold almost half of his entire Apple $AAPL stake, sending shockwaves to all investors
So far Buffett has missed out on an estimated $6 Billion in gains since offloading roughly 49% of his Apple position
🧵 Here's why the Oracle likely sold ...
Buffett owns 916 million shares of Apple
Which means each quarter he receives around $219 million in dividend payouts
Which also comes out to:
$2.4 million per day
$100,000 per hour
$1,600 per minute
Just for holding the stock
New updated holdings for Buffett in the $BRK.B portfolio 👀
To put in perspective how large these holdings are, Buffett’s Apple position receives around $900 million in dividends per year
Buffett said if he was managing $1 million he would be fully invested and could guarantee 50% annualized returns
And he has the numbers to prove it
From 1957 to 1969, Buffett achieved an average return of 29.5% and a cumulative return of 2794.9%!
The Dow did 7.4% annually