Warren Buffett Q4 Dealings

Warren Buffett Q4 dealings, the granddaddy of modern hedge funds, could give investors a heads-up. If investors are expecting radical changes to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire portfolio they are going to be surprised.

Warren Buffett’s Q4 dealings indicate little or no change to Berkshire’s $299 billion portfolio

Warren Buffett Berkshire’s long-only equity portfolio rose modestly from $296BN to $299BN, with only modest underlying changes.

So Warren Buffett is not heading for the hills, despite some fears of a hard landing induced by the Fed fighting inflation policy.

“Warren Buffett Berkshire’s long-only equity portfolio rose modestly from $296BN to $299BN, with only modest underlying changes”

WEALTH TRAINING COMPANY

But Warren Buffett is neither diving into stocks, and it is geopolitics that could be holding him back.

Warren Buffett fears “the ultimate problem of mankind,” a nuclear war.

“I don’t think there’s any such thing as the ability to easily use tactical nuclear weapons and not end up with Armageddon,” said the legendary nonagenarian investor in a January interview.

The Russia-Ukraine conflict is “not good for anyone,” added Charlie Munger, Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, in a February interview.

So despite a recovery rally in risk assets, many top investors remain in the trenches, on the sideline, as they wait to see how Europe’s most destructive and bloodiest war on the east front, since WWII, concludes.

Buying on the sounds of gunfire may not work when two great powers are at war. There are no winners in a nuclear exchange, and for this reason, great powers in the past turned to diplomacy to resolve their disputes.

“I don’t think there’s any such thing as the ability to easily use tactical nuclear weapons and not end up with Armageddon”

WARREN BUFFETT

In light of the most dangerous geopolitical crisis in history, here are Warren Buffett Q4 dealings

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire increased modestly by just three positions. He boosted the fund’s stake in AAPL (which remains the fund’s largest position worth just over $116BN as of Dec 31), by 333,856 shares and BRK now holds 895.136 million AAPL shares; The fund also increased its stake in Paramount Global by 2.7%, or 2.421 million shares to 93.637 million shares, and also boosted its Louisiana Pacific position by 21.5% or 1.249 million shares to 7.044 million shares.

“The most sizable cut to Warren Buffett Q4 dealings was in the Taiwan Semi position” – Wealth Training Company

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire trimmed holdings in eight positions, including:

Chevron, 1.4% cut in shares held from 164.4 million to 163.0 million
Activision Blizzard, stake was cut by 12.3% or 7.424 million shares to 52.717 million
Bank of New York Mellon, stake slashed by 59.7% or 37.1 million shares to 25.1 million shares
US Bancorp, the stake was slashed by 91.4% to 71.1 million shares to 6.67 million shares

The most sizable cut to Warren Buffett Q4 dealings was in the Taiwan Semi position

This was cut by 86.2%, from 60.06 million shares to just 8.293 million as of Dec 31.

As of Dec 31, Berkshire’s largest position remains Apple at 895.1 million shares or $116.3 billion as of Dec 31.

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