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.