Major Changes to Berkshire Hathaway’s Stock Portfolio During Fourth Quarter of 2020

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Dr. David Kass
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After the market closed today, Berkshire Hathaway filed its SEC 13F which revealed the following major changes to its stock portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2020:

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New Positions

Verizon Communications (VZ) —  ($8.6 billion)

Chevron (CVX) — ($4.1 billion)

Marsh & McLennan (MMC) — ($500 million)

Additions to Previous Positions

AbbVie (ABBV) — (up 20% to $2.7 billion)

Merck (MRK) — (up 28% to $2.3 billion)

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) — (up 11% to $2.1 billion)

Kroger (KR) — (up 34% to $1.1 billion)

T-Mobile US (TMUS) — (up 117% to $700 million)

Sale of Positions

Barrick Gold (GOLD) — ($300 million)

M&T Bank (MTB) — ($270 million)

PNC Financial (PNC) — ($210 million)

Pfizer (PFE) — ($135 million)

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) — ($93 million)

Reduction of Positions

Apple (AAPL) — (down 6% to $118 billion)

Wells Fargo (WFC) — (down 59% to $1.6 billion)

Suncor Energy (SU) — (down 28% to $230 million)

Article by Dr. David Kass

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David I Kass Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Finance Ph.D., Harvard University Robert H. Smith School of Business 4412 Van Munching Hall University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-1815 Phone: 301-405-9683 Email: dkass@rhsmith.umd.edu (link sends e-mail) Dr. David Kass has published articles in corporate finance, industrial organization, and health economics. He currently teaches Advanced Financial Management and Business Finance, and is the Faculty Champion for the Accelerated Finance Fellows. Prior to joining the faculty of the Smith School in 2004, he held senior positions with the Federal Government (Federal Trade Commission, General Accounting Office, Department of Defense, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis). Dr. Kass has recently appeared on Bloomberg TV, CNBC, PBS Nightly Business Report, Maryland Public Television, Business News Network TV (Canada), Fox TV, American Public Media's Marketplace Radio, and WYPR Radio (Baltimore), and has been quoted on numerous occasions by Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal, where he has primarily discussed Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. He has also launched a Smith School “Warren Buffett” blog. Dr. Kass has accompanied MBA students on trips to Omaha for private meetings with Warren Buffett, and Finance Fellows to Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meetings. He is an officer of the Harvard Business School Club of Washington, DC, and is a member of the investment and budget committees of a local nonprofit organization. Dr. Kass received a Smith School “Top 15% Teaching Award” for the 2009-2010 academic year.