Buffett’s Berkshire Reveals Most Recent Buys, Sells

by Christopher Freeburn | November 15, 2012 11:04 am

[1]According to filings with the SEC, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A[2],BRK.B[3]) has added the shares of a number of new companies to its investment portfolio[4].

Berkshire now holds 4 million shares farm equipment manufacturer Deere & Company (NYSE:DE[5]). It has also added 1.25 million shares of Precision Castparts (NYSE:PCP[6]) and Wabco (NYSE:WBC[7]), CBS News noted.

Though Buffett remains in charge at Berkshire, two other investment managers, Ted Weschler and Todd Combs, each oversee about $4 billion in firm investments. The SEC filings do not identify which Berkshire official has invested in a company’s shares.

At the end of the third quarter, Berkshire’s stock portfolio was valued at $75.3 billion.

Companies in which Berkshire boosted its existing holdings:

General Motors (NYSE:GM[8])
Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC[9])
Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK[10])
DirecTV (NASDAQ:DTV[11])
Viacom (NASDAQ:VIAB[12])

Companies in which Berkshire cut its holdings:

Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG[13])
CVS Caremark (NYSE:CVS[14])
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ[15])
Kraft Foods (NASDAQ:KRFT[16])
US Bancorp (NYSE:USB[17])

Endnotes:

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BRK.A: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BRK.A
BRK.B: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BRK.B
number of new companies to its investment portfolio: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-34227_162-57549969/berkshire-hathaway-reveals-new-investments/
DE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=DE
PCP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PCP
WBC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WBC
GM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GM
WFC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WFC
BK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BK
DTV: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=DTV
VIAB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VIAB
PG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PG
CVS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CVS
JNJ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=JNJ
KRFT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KRFT
USB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=USB

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