The latest trading announcement by Warren Buffett, the stock god. Worth Berkshire Trading

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 21:40 PM

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has announced its latest holdings.

On August 14th local time, Berkshire Hathaway released its 13F position report as of the end of the second quarter of 2023.

According to regulatory documents, as of June 30, 2023, Berkshire's holding market value was $348.194 billion, higher than the $325.109 billion at the end of the first quarter.

According to SEC regulations, fund managers with assets under management exceeding $100 million must publish a document called the "13F Form" within 45 days after the end of each quarter to disclose their holdings in stocks and bonds.

According to Whalewisdom, a 13F data platform, in the second quarter, the company newly established 3 stocks, added 2 stocks, cleared 3 stocks, and reduced its holdings of 5 stocks. Berkshire's concentration of holdings remains high, with the top ten holdings accounting for 91.26% of the total holdings.

Activision Blizzard fell out of its top ten holdings

As of the end of the second quarter, Berkshire's top ten major holdings were Apple, Bank of America, American Express, Coca Cola, Chevron, Western Oil, Kraft Heinz, Moody's, HP, and Davita.

Among the top ten heavily held stocks, Apple still ranks first, with a market value of 51% of the total holdings; Bank of America ranks second, with a market value of 8.51% of its total holdings; American Express ranks third, with a market value of 7.59% of its total holdings; Coca Cola ranks fourth, with a market value of 6.92% of its total holdings; Chevron and Western Petroleum ranked fifth and sixth respectively, with market value holdings accounting for 5.56% and 3.78% of total holdings, respectively; Kraft Heinz ranks seventh, with a market value of 3.32% of its total holdings; Moody's ranks eighth, with a market value of 2.46% of its total holdings; HP ranks ninth, with a market value of 1.07% of its total holdings; The pharmaceutical company DeWitt ranks tenth, with a market value of 1.04% of its total holdings.


The latest trading announcement by Warren Buffett, the stock god. Worth Berkshire Trading

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It is worth noting that Berkshire reduced its holdings of Activision Blizzard by 70% in the second quarter, with a total reduction of 34.7816 million shares, a decrease in holdings to 14.6581 million shares, and a decrease in holdings to 1.87%, which also caused it to fall out of the top ten holdings and only rank 22nd.

Activision Blizzard is one of the world's largest game development and distribution companies. Microsoft announced in January last year that it would acquire Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, marking the largest acquisition in the gaming industry's history. At present, the only obstacle to the completion of this transaction is the UK Competition and Market Authority, which has extended its final ruling deadline from July 18th to August 29th.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, Berkshire established its first position in Activision Blizzard, buying 14.658 million shares and continuing to increase its holdings. In the second quarter of 2022, its holdings briefly increased to 68.4 million shares, with a shareholding ratio of nearly 10%.

"In the process of acquiring Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has shown great sincerity, actively cooperating with regulatory agencies, and making many concessions." At the shareholders' meeting held on May 7th, Buffett said, "I don't know if this deal can be achieved. Even if it's not achieved, it's not because Microsoft or Activision Blizzard did something wrong. It's not something that should have happened, it will definitely happen."

Buffett sees his investment in Activision Blizzard as an arbitrage operation. After reducing his holdings in the second quarter of this year, Berkshire's holdings of Activision Blizzard stocks are basically the same as when he built his position, indicating that he has withdrawn from this arbitrage bet.

Add warehouse to real estate

In the second quarter of this year, all three stocks in Berkshire's newly established positions were real estate builders. The company holds approximately 5.97 million shares of DR Horton stock with a market value of 726.4 million US dollars. DR Horton is the best-selling home builder in the United States; Housing developer NVR is held 11112 shares by Berkshire with a market value of $70.568 million; And another real estate developer, Lennar, had a market value of $17.238 million at the end of the second quarter and held approximately 153000 shares.


The latest trading announcement by Warren Buffett, the stock god. Worth Berkshire Trading

At this year's shareholder meeting, Buffett stated that the losses caused by non-performing loans in commercial real estate are becoming more prominent, and commercial real estate is beginning to see the consequences of low borrowing rates.

"Berkshire has never been active in commercial real estate, and this field is not very suitable for investors like us, so Berkshire is not likely to be impacted by commercial real estate," Buffett said.

In addition, Berkshire has once again increased its holdings in Western Oil by 5%, increasing its holdings by 12.422 million shares with a market value of $13.179 billion, still ranking as the company's sixth largest heavy holdings.

Previously, the market had speculated that Berkshire would acquire this energy company. However, Buffett denied this at the shareholder meeting, saying, "There is a lot of hype right now, thinking that we will completely buy Western Oil, but we don't. We really like Western Oil's holdings, we like its position, and we may continue to increase our holdings in the future, but I am satisfied with this kind of transaction and our current shareholding."

The other stock that received Berkshire's additional holdings was credit card service company CapitalOne, with a market value of $1.364 billion at the end of the second quarter, a 25% increase in holdings.

In terms of holdings reduction, in addition to Activision Blizzard, Berkshire also reduced its holdings in US oil giant Chevron by 7%, significantly reduced its holdings in General Motors by 45%, significantly reduced its holdings in chemical company Celanese by 39%, and significantly reduced its holdings in insurance company GlobalLife by 60%.

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