Berkshire Hathaway Increases Bet on Banks and Other Financial Services Firms in 3Q
As we noted last week, wide-moat rated Berkshire Hathaway spent some $14 billion on the purchase of financial services stocks in the third quarter, with the sector accounting for 40.7% of Berkshire's reported equity portfolio at the end of September (much higher than the 13.8% financials weighting in the S&P 500 Index). The insurer's second largest sector weighting at the end of the third quarter was in technology, which accounted for 27.7% of Berkshire's equity portfolio, but much of that w...Travelers Companies is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is engaged in providing commercial and personal property and casualty insurance products and services to businesses, government units, associations and individuals. The company's segments include: Business Insurance, which provides property and casualty insurance and insurance-related services; Bond and Specialty Insurance, which provides surety, fidelity, management liability, professional liability, and other property and casualty coverages and related risk management services, and certain specialty insurance products; and Personal Insurance, which writes property and casualty insurance covering individuals' personal risks.
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