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Berkshire Hathaway’s $1 billion homebuilding investment indicates Warren Buffett’s confidence in a future U.S. housing market rebound.
UnitedHealth Got a Boost From Berkshire’s Buying. 2 Reasons to Wait to Follow. UnitedHealth Group, the worst-performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average so far this year, got a major boost last week from billionaire investor Warren Buffett. That doesn’t mean everyone else should buy.
Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A -0.05%) ( BRK.B 0.24%) is considered by many to be a reliable stock for long-term investors. It's outperformed the S&P 500 ever since a young Warren Buffett took over the company in 1965, and its evolution from an aging textile maker to a diversified conglomerate churned out millionaire-making gains.
Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio added six new stocks, including the three new secret stocks. Warren Buffett was a net seller of stocks for the eleventh straight quarter.
The conglomerate sold Apple shares during the second quarter, though the iPhone maker remains Berkshire’s largest stockholding.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a position in embattled healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group while showing smaller stakes in longtime holdings Apple and Bank of America, according to a regulatory filing Thursday.
What Happened: The undisclosed investments of Berkshire Hathaway have been made public. The company has reportedly invested in steelmaker Nucor NUE +1.07% Get Free Report , homebuilders D.R. Horton DHI +1.30% Get Free Report and Lennar LEN +1.56% Get Free Report , with the total investments amounting to $1.8 billion.
I told MarketWatch readers on Aug. 14 that Warren Buffett was about to reveal one big mystery elephant for Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio o
Berkshire Hathaway's stock price has been crumbling of late, even as the S&P 500 index has been soaring to new highs. Longtime CEO Warren Buffett is stepping down in a matter of months. Investors buying Berkshire Hathaway stock today are stepping in ahead of what is likely to be the most watched CEO transition in modern history.