Thursday, August 14, 2025

BRK -- Warren Buffett -- Portfolio Updated -- August 14, 2025

Locator: 48860BRK.

Link here.

In most recent filing:

AAPL:

  • BRK sold 20 million shares of Apple stock;
  • still, AAPL remains BRK's largest holding;
  • at its peak, BRK ownd over 915 million shares;
  • now, down to 280 million shares
  • now totals about 22% of BRK's portfolio as of June 30, 2025
  • Apple pays 0.45%;

UNH:

  • bought 5 million shares at an estimated price of $411
  • today, shares selling for $270; after hours, after announcement, $300 / share
  • UNH pays 3.26%;
  • UNH is an undeniable health insurance Goliath
  • my hunch: Buffett knows insurance; 
    • he sees something in UNH that he thinks he can turn around.

More at The Street.

Here's what super-investors have been buying, link here:

Here's what caught my eye among the four lists:

  • still a lot of tech -- Mag 7 --  including AAPL, being bought;
  • UNH: appears on all four lists;
  • everything else: pretty much a hodgepodge of things.

Other:

  • Bill Ackman opens new $1-billion position in Amazon.

BRK's two other mystery stocks, Barron's and comment:

  • home builder Lennar;
  • Nucor;
  • "It’s a mild surprise that Berkshire sought confidentiality for such small investments relative to the total size of its equity portfolio of nearly $300 billion."