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We Study Billionaires by The Investor’s Podcast Network (305 podcasts +)
We Study Billionaires by The Investor’s Podcast Network (305 podcasts +)
According to Warren Buffett, “wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.” In other words, if you diversify too much, you might not lose much, but you won’t gain much either.
According to 68% of Buffett’s Portfolio Is in These 4 Stocks (published on May 26, 2020): Of Buffett’s more than $196 billion in portfolio worth, as of May 21, 2020, 68% of it was centralized in just four stocks.
Based on The Most Surprising Thing About Warren Buffett’s Investing Strategy (2019), Buffett’s portfolio was highly concentrated in three sectors, as well as five individual stocks:
Buffet’s three main sectors:
“These three sectors comprise 86.8% of Berkshire Hathaway’s $208 billion in invested capital.”
Based on CNBC’s Bershire Hathaway Portfolico Tracker, here are the top 10 holdings in buffett’s portfolio based on the Holdings reported on May 15, 2020, and other filings:
Symbol | Holdings | Mkt. price | Value | Stake | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
American Airlines Group Inc | AAL | 0 | $11.77 | $0 | 0.0% |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 250,866,566 | $314.94 | $79,007,916,296 | 5.8% |
Amazon.com, Inc. | AMZN | 533,300 | $2,392.22 | $1,275,770,926 | 0.1% |
American Express Company | AXP | 151,610,700 | $99.77 | $15,126,199,539 | 18.8% |
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd | AXTA | 24,070,000 | $23.71 | $570,699,700 | 10.2% |
Bank of America Corp | BAC | 947,760,000 | $25.73 | $24,385,864,800 | 10.9% |
Biogen Inc | BIIB | 643,022 | $297.39 | $191,228,313 | 0.4% |
Bank of New York Mellon Corp | BK | 88,130,897 | $38.18 | $3,364,837,647 | 10.0% |
Charter Communications Inc | CHTR | 5,426,609 | $522.14 | $2,833,449,623 | 2.6% |
Costco Wholesale Corporation | COST | 4,333,363 | $302.25 | $1,309,758,967 | 1.0% |
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | DAL | 0 | $25.89 | $0 | 0.0% |
Davita Inc | DVA | 38,095,570 | $78.38 | $2,985,930,777 | 31.3% |
Globe Life Inc | GL | 6,353,727 | $78.38 | $498,005,122 | 6.0% |
General Motors Company | GM | 74,681,000 | $27.50 | $2,053,727,500 | 5.2% |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc | GS | 1,920,180 | $205.68 | $394,942,622 | 0.6% |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 327,100 | $143.76 | $47,023,896 | 0.0% |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | JPM | 57,714,433 | $99.63 | $5,750,088,960 | 1.9% |
Kraft Heinz Co | KHC | 325,634,818 | $30.77 | $10,019,783,350 | 26.7% |
Coca-Cola Co | KO | 400,000,000 | $46.25 | $18,500,000,000 | 9.3% |
Kroger Co | KR | 18,940,079 | $32.74 | $620,098,186 | 2.4% |
Liberty Global PLC Class A | LBTYA | 19,791,000 | $20.97 | $415,017,270 | 10.9% |
Liberty Global PLC Class C | LBTYK | 7,346,968 | $20.46 | $150,318,965 | 1.8% |
Liberty Latin America Ltd Class A | LILA | 2,630,792 | $10.24 | $26,939,310 | 5.2% |
Liberty Latin America Ltd Class C | LILAK | 1,284,020 | $9.90 | $12,711,798 | 1.0% |
Liberty Sirius XM Group Series A | LSXMA | 14,860,360 | $35.97 | $534,527,149 | 14.7% |
Liberty Sirius XM Group Series C | LSXMK | 30,850,985 | $35.93 | $1,108,475,891 | 15.2% |
Southwest Airlines Co | LUV | 0 | $33.14 | $0 | 0.0% |
Mastercard Inc | MA | 4,934,756 | $296.78 | $1,464,536,886 | 0.5% |
Moody’s Corporation | MCO | 24,669,778 | $256.30 | $6,322,864,101 | 13.2% |
MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC Common Stock | MDLZ | 578,000 | $49.71 | $28,732,380 | 0.0% |
M&T Bank Corporation | MTB | 5,382,040 | $112.17 | $603,703,427 | 4.2% |
Occidental Petroleum Corporation | OXY | 36,207,184 | $14.29 | $517,400,659 | 4.0% |
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 315,400 | $112.88 | $35,602,352 | 0.0% |
PNC Financial Services Group Inc | PNC | 9,197,984 | $114.75 | $1,055,468,664 | 2.2% |
Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc common stock | RH | 1,708,348 | $206.94 | $353,525,535 | 8.9% |
Restaurant Brands International Inc | QSR | 8,438,225 | $54.98 | $463,933,611 | 1.6% |
Sirius XM Holdings Inc | SIRI | 132,418,729 | $5.77 | $764,056,066 | 3.0% |
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | SPY | 39,400 | $300.19 | $11,827,486 | 0.0% |
StoneCo Ltd | STNE | 14,166,748 | $34.05 | $482,377,769 | 5.1% |
Store Capital Corp | STOR | 18,621,674 | $20.27 | $377,461,332 | 7.6% |
Suncor Energy Inc. | SU | 14,949,031 | $17.39 | $259,963,649 | 1.0% |
Synchrony Financial | SYF | 20,128,000 | $21.17 | $426,109,760 | 3.4% |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd | TEVA | 42,789,295 | $12.67 | $542,140,368 | 3.9% |
United Airlines Holdings Inc | UAL | 0 | $30.38 | $0 | 0.0% |
United Parcel Service, Inc. | UPS | 59,400 | $98.40 | $5,844,960 | 0.0% |
U.S. Bancorp | USB | 149,590,275 | $37.26 | $5,573,733,647 | 9.9% |
Visa Inc | V | 10,562,460 | $191.23 | $2,019,859,226 | 0.5% |
VANGUARD IX FUN/S&P 500 ETF SHS NEW | VOO | 43,000 | $275.92 | $11,864,560 | 0.0% |
Verisign, Inc. | VRSN | 12,815,613 | $207.54 | $2,659,752,322 | 11.1% |
Wells Fargo & Co | WFC | 345,688,918 | $27.65 | $9,558,298,583 | 8.4% |
TOTAL | 3,327,109,747 | $204,722,373,950 |