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Greggory Warren, CFA
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Swap From General Electric to Synchrony the Biggest Standout in Berkshire's 2Q Equity Portfolio

Wide-moat-rated Berkshire Hathaway's second-quarter 13-F filing offered some insight into the changes made to the insurer's common stock holdings during the period.
We'd already known about the additional purchases of Apple (with 0.8 million more shares picked up for an estimated $120 million) and further reductions of IBM (10.5 million shares sold for around $1.7 billion). The same is true for sales of Wells Fargo, with 11.7 million shares sold for an estimated $650 million (bringing the firm'...
Underlying
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B

Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company. Co.'s subsidiaries are engaged in several business activities which include: underwriting private passenger automobile insurance; operation of a railroad system in North America; regulated electric and gas utility; manufacturing of products including industrial, consumer and building products; wholesale distribution of groceries and non-food items; provider of services including aviation pilot training, electronic components distribution and retailing businesses, including automotive dealerships; and manufactured housing and related consumer financing, transportation equipment, manufacturing and leasing, and furniture leasing.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

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Greggory Warren, CFA

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