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Warren Buffett’s Portfolio Changes in Berkshire Hathaway

by Fred Fuld III

Warren Buffett has had a very long and successful career as a portfolio manager for Berkshire Hathaway. Many investors like to follow in his footsteps, at least in terms of buying the game long term investments that he is buying.

His Berkshire Hathaway stock has had an average annual return of around 20% since 1965. Not too shabby since the S&P 500 has only had a little over 10% average annual return over the same time frame.

So what has Warren Buffett been doing lately?

Warren Buffett Purchases

First, his buys. Buffett has purchased over 136 million shares of Occidental Petroleum (OXY) since the beginning of the year.

He also bought 104 million shares of HP Inc. (HPQ), and 55 million shares of Citigroup (C).

In addition, Buffett has added the following stocks to the Berkshire portfolio:

  • Celanese (CE)
  • Paramount Global (PARA)
  • McKesson (MCK)
  • Markel (MKL)
  • Ally Financial (ALLY)

Warren Buffett Sales

Buffett has also been liquidating some stocks in the Berkshire portfolio. These include:

  • Wells Fargo (WFC)
  • Abbvie (ABBV)
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)

To see the full portfolio of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, click HERE.

Of course, if you really want to match the return of Berkshire Hathaway, you might as well buy the A shares (BRK-A) or the B shares (BRK-B) of the company.

Remember what Warren Buffett said:

“Don’t buy a stock unless you think it’s undervalued.”

 

Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above at the time the article was written.

What Warren Buffett is Dumping and Buying

by Fred Fuld III

You know, if you are thinking of investing in Apple (AAPL) stock, you just might want to consider buying shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B) stock, as 40% of the Berkshire portfolio is made up of Apple.

This way, if Apple does well, you participate through Berkshire, and if it doesn’t, at least you have diversification though Berkshire’s ownership of over 45 other stocks.

So let’s look at the rest of Buffett’s portfolio. In the first quarter of the year, he sold out of two companies, Suncor Energy (SU) and Synchrony Financial (SYF).

Warren Buffett has been reducing positions in a couple bank stocks, US Bancorp (USB) and Wells Fargo (WFC). He has also been lightening up on General Motors (GM), Chevron (CVX), Abbvie (ABBV), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Merck (MRK), Stoneco (STNE), Axalta Coating (AXTA), Sirius XM Radio (SIRI), and Liberty Global (LBTYA).

He hasn’t been buying much, but he has been adding to his positions in Verizon (VZ), buying over 12 million additional shares. He also added 17.5 million shares to his Kroger (KR) position, and bought more Restoration Hardware (RH) and Marsh & McLellan (MMC).

There is one brand new stock in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio., the insurance company Aon (AON). The stock has a trailing price to earnings ratio of 27.5 and a forward P/E of 22.5. It pays a yield of 0.81%.

To see the list of all the Warren Buffett holdings, click HERE.

Maybe some of these stocks will make you as successful as Warren Buffett.

 

Disclosure: Author owns AAPL.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend in January 2019

by Fred Fuld III

The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex dividend during the next month.

Many traders and investors use the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the strategy of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works in bull markets and flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the strategy during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and many with yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the periodic dividend amount, and annual yield.

American Express Company (AXP) 1/3/2019 0.39 1.65%
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS) 1/3/2019 0.15 9.55%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) 1/3/2019 0.41 3.25%
Campbell Soup Company (CPB) 1/8/2019 0.35 4.18%
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) 1/8/2019 0.33 0.70%
Foot Locker, Inc. (FL) 1/17/2019 0.345 2.66%
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW) 1/22/2019 0.48 2.09%
Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) 1/31/2019 0.63 3.10%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found HERE . (If you have been to the page before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists HERE . Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend for the Month of July 2018

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the quarterly dividend amount, and annual yield.

American Express Company (AXP) 7/5/2018 0.35 1.39%
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS) 7/5/2018 0.15 9.68%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) 7/5/2018 0.40 2.89%
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) 7/5/2018 0.33 2.84%
Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (ETH) 7/9/2018 0.19 3.15%
Intuit Inc. (INTU) 7/9/2018 0.39 0.75%
Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) 7/13/2018 0.19 1.95%
Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) 7/17/2018 0.42 2.49%
Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) 7/19/2018 0.86 2.28%
Foot Locker, Inc. (FL) 7/19/2018 0.35 2.40%
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW) 7/24/2018 0.48 1.69%
Clorox Company (CLX) 7/31/2018 0.96 2.63%
Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) 7/31/2018 0.63 2.57%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at HERE or WStNN.com. Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions: Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

 

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of July

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the quarterly dividend amount, and annual yield.

J P Morgan Chase & Co (JPM) 7/3/2017 0.5 2.22%
American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) 7/5/2017 0.125 4.31%
American Express Company (AXP) 7/5/2017 0.32 1.51%
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS) 7/5/2017 0.15 8.00%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) 7/5/2017 0.39 2.71%
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) 7/5/2017 0.29 3.32%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WStNN.com. Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions: Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

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Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

 

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of January

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks.

WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the dividend amount, and yield.

American Express Company (AXP) 1/4/2017 0.32 1.6%
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS) 1/4/2017 0.15 5.0%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) 1/4/2017 0.39 2.6%
Celadon Group, Inc. (CGI) 1/4/2017 0.02 1.1%
J P Morgan Chase & Co (JPM) 1/4/2017 0.48 2.1%
Monsanto Company (MON) 1/4/2017 0.54 2.1%
Morningstar, Inc. (MORN) 1/4/2017 0.23 1.2%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WStNN.com. Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

Book now available: Stock Market Trivia Makes a Great Gift!
Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.