With the release of Berkshire Hathaway's holdings as of the end of the third quarter yesterday, we can take a look at how these holdings have been doing so far this quarter. As shown at the bottom of the table, Buffett's Berkshire holdings are currently up 8.61% since the start of October, while the S&P 500 is up 4.41%.
Buffett's top holding with a value of more than $11 billion, Coca-Cola (KO), is even outperforming the S&P 500 so far this quarter (5.66% to 4.41%). Unsurprisingly, Buffett's position in Burlington Northern (BNI) has done the best so far this quarter with a gain of 22.87%. Buying one of your biggest positions at a nice premium is one way to boost returns!
Other big winners for Buffett this quarter have been AXP (+20.59%), COP (+18.7%), MCO (15.91%), IR (19.99%), NLC (18.2%), NSC (19.28%), and UNH (15.06%). Ten of his 41 holdings are down so far this quarter, with USG down the most at -15.13%.
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He should have bought more XOM as it has out-performed Buffett over the last 15 years by about 5% per year. Who says a large amount of assets can't be managed well?
Posted by: Norman | November 17, 2009 at 01:41 PM
Didn't Berkshire buy a bunch of Goldman as well....?
It doesn't show up on this list...or was that in Warren's "personal" portfolio?
Posted by: Mike | November 17, 2009 at 03:44 PM
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Posted by: Michael Jon Byers Lubbock Texas | November 18, 2009 at 12:06 AM