portfolio released
Warren Buffett bets on these stocks
2/15/2022, 2:51 p.m
Apple, oil and games: Warren Buffett has published an update on his investment vehicle’s portfolio. It allows insight into his strategy.
It’s running at Warren Buffett. According to the “Billionaires Index” determined by Bloomberg, his wealth has increased by almost five billion dollars since the beginning of the year – to 114 billion dollars. This is remarkable because the stock markets have fallen sharply in the past few weeks.
How did he manage that? Every three months, the stock exchange legend gives an insight into the portfolio of his investment company Berkshire Hathaway. Like all other large institutional investors, it has to report its holdings to the US Securities and Exchange Commission at the end of each quarter. The status of the most recent form is therefore December 31st. last year, it is now publicly available.
This shows that the star investor focused primarily on oil and further reduced its exposure to the pharmaceutical sector. He also bought shares in Activision Blizzard before Microsoft announced it would acquire the game developer.
The $331 billion investment portfolio included 44 companies at the end of the year – one more than in the previous quarter. The five largest positions make up almost 80 percent of the volume. They are Apple, Bank of America, American Express, Coca-Cola and Kraft Heinz.
There were two acquisitions in the past quarter: shares in Activision Blizzard and shares in the Liberty Media subsidiary Formula One Group. Berkshire Hathaway, on the other hand, sold its stakes in pharmaceutical company Teva and satellite radio provider Sirius XM.
These are the largest holdings in Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio (as of 12/31/21)
| company | share in the portfolio | Change to Q3 |
| Apple | 47.6% | inc. |
| Bank of America | 13.5% | inc. |
| American Express | 7.5% | inc. |
| Coke | 7.1% | inc. |
| Kraft Heinz | 3.5% | inc. |
| moody’s | 2.9% | inc. |
| Verizon | 2.4% | inc. |
| U.S. Bancorp | 2.1% | inc. |
| chevrons | 1.3% | + 9.5% |
| Bank of New York | 1.2% | inc. |
| Davita | 1.2% | inc. |
| General Motors | 1% | inc. |
| signed | 0.9% | inc. |
| Kroger | 0.8% | inc. |
| Charter Comm. | 0.7% | – 8th% |
To classify the portfolio now published: Berkshire Hathaway is also the sole owner of companies – they are not in the list of holdings. This includes, for example, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway company. Since only US investments have to be reported to the SEC, holdings in foreign companies do not appear.