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Buffett’s Berkshire Still Isn’t Buying. Here’s What It Sold.<blockquote>巴菲特的伯克希尔仍然不买账。以下是它的售价。</blockquote>
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Here’s What It Sold.<blockquote>巴菲特的伯克希尔仍然不买账。以下是它的售价。</blockquote>","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1176431153","media":"Barron's","summary":"If you’ve been waiting forBerkshire Hathawayto spend a decent chunk of its $144 billion in cash and ","content":"<p>If you’ve been waiting forBerkshire Hathawayto spend a decent chunk of its $144 billion in cash and equivalents on an acquisition, you’ll have to wait a little longer—maybe a lot longer. Not only did Berkshire fail to make a significant purchase in the second quarter, but CEO Warren Buffett and his investment lieutenants, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, were net sellers of about $1 billion of stocks in the period, according to the company’s latest 10-Q filing.</p><p><blockquote>如果你一直在等待伯克希尔-哈撒韦公司(forBerkshire Hathaway)将其 1440 亿美元现金及等价物中的一大部分用于收购,那么你就得再等一会儿了,也许还要等很久。根据该公司最新的 10-Q 文件,伯克希尔不仅没有在第二季度进行重大收购,而且首席执行官沃伦-巴菲特(Warren Buffett)和他的投资副手托德-库姆斯(Todd Combs)和特德-韦施勒(Ted Weschler)在此期间净卖出了约 10 亿美元的股票。</blockquote></p><p> Berkshire pared its stakes in three drug stocks—AbbVie,Bristol-Myers Squibb, andMerck—all acquired in 2020. The company also sold seven millionGeneral Motorsshares in the quarter, cutting its holding to 60 million shares, now worth $3.2 billion. Berkshire trimmed itsChevronposition slightly, and added to its stake in grocerKroger.</p><p><blockquote>伯克希尔减持了 2020 年收购的艾伯维、百时美施贵宝和默克三只制药股的股份。该公司还在本季度出售了 700 万股通用汽车股票,将其持有量减少至 6000 万股,目前价值 32 亿美元。伯克希尔小幅削减了雪佛龙的持仓,并增持了 grocerKroger 的股份。</blockquote></p><p> There were no changes in its two largest holdings. The company’sApplestake held steady at 887 million shares, now worth $134 billion, andBank of Americastood at 1.01 billion shares, worth $41 billion. Berkshire’s total equity holdings topped $300 billion as of June 30.</p><p><blockquote>其两大持股没有变化。该公司持有的苹果股份稳定在 8.87 亿股,目前价值 1340 亿美元,美国银行持有 10.1 亿股,价值 410 亿美元。截至 6 月 30 日,伯克希尔的总股本持有量超过 3000 亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> As for its own shares, Berkshire was a buyer, scooping up about $6 billion of stock in each of the past two quarters, or about 1% of the shares outstanding in each period.</p><p><blockquote>至于自己的股票,伯克希尔是买家,在过去两个季度中每个季度都买入了约 60 亿美元的股票,约占每个时期流通股的 1%。</blockquote></p><p> And it wasn’t the only buyer; both share classes are up about 25% this year, ahead of theS&P 500index’s total return of about 20%.</p><p><blockquote>而且它并不是唯一的买家;这两类股票今年都上涨了约 25%,领先于标准普尔 500 指数约 20% 的总回报率。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Last WeekPre-Tantrum</b></p><p><blockquote><b>上周发脾气前</b></blockquote></p><p> Stock indexes finished the week in the red, with the bulk of the week’s selling coming on Tuesday and Wednesday. The S&P 500,Nasdaq Composite,andDow Jones Industrial Averageeach sank close to 2% over those days. Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee’s latest meeting, released on Wednesday, showed an active debate among officials about when to begin withdrawing the emergency stimulus in place since March 2020. The Fed could begin reducing its U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities purchases—currently running at a combined $120 billion a month—this fall. The Dow finished the week down 1.1%, at 35,120.08; the S&P lost 0.6%, to 4441.67; and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7%, to 14,714.66.</p><p><blockquote>股指本周收红,本周大部分抛售发生在周二和周三。标准普尔 500 指数、纳斯达克综合指数和道琼斯工业平均指数在那些日子里均下跌了近 2%。美联储货币政策委员会周三公布的最新会议纪要显示,官员们正在就何时开始撤回自2020年3月以来实施的紧急刺激措施展开激烈辩论。美联储可能会在今年秋天开始减少美国国债和抵押贷款支持证券的购买——目前每月总计1200亿美元。道琼斯指数本周收盘下跌 1.1%,至 35,120.08 点;标准普尔指数下跌0.6%,至4441.67点;纳斯达克综合指数下跌 0.7%,至 14,714.66 点。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Shop Till They Drop</b></p><p><blockquote><b>购物直到它们掉落</b></blockquote></p><p> Retailers reported their results for the May-to-July period, their second quarter. The overall picture is of consumers armed with pandemic savings and federal stimulus cash—and eager to spend it.Walmart,Target,Home Depot,Macy’s,and more topped Wall Street’s forecasts for sales and profits in the quarter. 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Its current chief executive, Alex Gorsky, will hand the reins to Joaquin Duato in January after nine years in charge and three decades at the company, which has a market value of nearly $500 billion. Duato, 59, is currently the vice chairman of J&J’s executive committee. Gorsky, 61, will assume the post of executive chairman, a newly created role, next year.</p><p><blockquote>强生公司宣布出人意料地更换首席执行官。其现任首席执行官亚历克斯·戈尔斯基 (Alex Gorsky) 将于 1 月份将权力移交给华金·杜阿托 (Joaquin Duato),此前他已掌管这家市值近 5000 亿美元的公司长达 9 年,并在该公司工作了 30 年。现年 59 岁的杜阿托现任强生执行委员会副主席。61岁的戈尔斯基将于明年担任新设立的执行主席一职。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Annals of Deal Making</b></p><p><blockquote><b>交易年鉴</b></blockquote></p><p> Gene-sequencing firmIlluminaclosed a $7.1 billion acquisition of Grail, which works on early cancer detection. A legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission continues…German logistics firm Deutsche Post will acquire ocean freight-forwarding company J.F. 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Here’s What It Sold.<blockquote>巴菲特的伯克希尔仍然不买账。以下是它的售价。</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"head\">\n<strong class=\"h-name small\">Barron's</strong><span class=\"h-time small\">2021-08-22 11:56</span>\n</p>\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n<p>If you’ve been waiting forBerkshire Hathawayto spend a decent chunk of its $144 billion in cash and equivalents on an acquisition, you’ll have to wait a little longer—maybe a lot longer. Not only did Berkshire fail to make a significant purchase in the second quarter, but CEO Warren Buffett and his investment lieutenants, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, were net sellers of about $1 billion of stocks in the period, according to the company’s latest 10-Q filing.</p><p><blockquote>如果你一直在等待伯克希尔-哈撒韦公司(forBerkshire Hathaway)将其 1440 亿美元现金及等价物中的一大部分用于收购,那么你就得再等一会儿了,也许还要等很久。根据该公司最新的 10-Q 文件,伯克希尔不仅没有在第二季度进行重大收购,而且首席执行官沃伦-巴菲特(Warren Buffett)和他的投资副手托德-库姆斯(Todd Combs)和特德-韦施勒(Ted Weschler)在此期间净卖出了约 10 亿美元的股票。</blockquote></p><p> Berkshire pared its stakes in three drug stocks—AbbVie,Bristol-Myers Squibb, andMerck—all acquired in 2020. The company also sold seven millionGeneral Motorsshares in the quarter, cutting its holding to 60 million shares, now worth $3.2 billion. Berkshire trimmed itsChevronposition slightly, and added to its stake in grocerKroger.</p><p><blockquote>伯克希尔减持了 2020 年收购的艾伯维、百时美施贵宝和默克三只制药股的股份。该公司还在本季度出售了 700 万股通用汽车股票,将其持有量减少至 6000 万股,目前价值 32 亿美元。伯克希尔小幅削减了雪佛龙的持仓,并增持了 grocerKroger 的股份。</blockquote></p><p> There were no changes in its two largest holdings. The company’sApplestake held steady at 887 million shares, now worth $134 billion, andBank of Americastood at 1.01 billion shares, worth $41 billion. Berkshire’s total equity holdings topped $300 billion as of June 30.</p><p><blockquote>其两大持股没有变化。该公司持有的苹果股份稳定在 8.87 亿股,目前价值 1340 亿美元,美国银行持有 10.1 亿股,价值 410 亿美元。截至 6 月 30 日,伯克希尔的总股本持有量超过 3000 亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> As for its own shares, Berkshire was a buyer, scooping up about $6 billion of stock in each of the past two quarters, or about 1% of the shares outstanding in each period.</p><p><blockquote>至于自己的股票,伯克希尔是买家,在过去两个季度中每个季度都买入了约 60 亿美元的股票,约占每个时期流通股的 1%。</blockquote></p><p> And it wasn’t the only buyer; both share classes are up about 25% this year, ahead of theS&P 500index’s total return of about 20%.</p><p><blockquote>而且它并不是唯一的买家;这两类股票今年都上涨了约 25%,领先于标准普尔 500 指数约 20% 的总回报率。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Last WeekPre-Tantrum</b></p><p><blockquote><b>上周发脾气前</b></blockquote></p><p> Stock indexes finished the week in the red, with the bulk of the week’s selling coming on Tuesday and Wednesday. The S&P 500,Nasdaq Composite,andDow Jones Industrial Averageeach sank close to 2% over those days. Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee’s latest meeting, released on Wednesday, showed an active debate among officials about when to begin withdrawing the emergency stimulus in place since March 2020. The Fed could begin reducing its U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities purchases—currently running at a combined $120 billion a month—this fall. The Dow finished the week down 1.1%, at 35,120.08; the S&P lost 0.6%, to 4441.67; and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7%, to 14,714.66.</p><p><blockquote>股指本周收红,本周大部分抛售发生在周二和周三。标准普尔 500 指数、纳斯达克综合指数和道琼斯工业平均指数在那些日子里均下跌了近 2%。美联储货币政策委员会周三公布的最新会议纪要显示,官员们正在就何时开始撤回自2020年3月以来实施的紧急刺激措施展开激烈辩论。美联储可能会在今年秋天开始减少美国国债和抵押贷款支持证券的购买——目前每月总计1200亿美元。道琼斯指数本周收盘下跌 1.1%,至 35,120.08 点;标准普尔指数下跌0.6%,至4441.67点;纳斯达克综合指数下跌 0.7%,至 14,714.66 点。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Shop Till They Drop</b></p><p><blockquote><b>购物直到它们掉落</b></blockquote></p><p> Retailers reported their results for the May-to-July period, their second quarter. The overall picture is of consumers armed with pandemic savings and federal stimulus cash—and eager to spend it.Walmart,Target,Home Depot,Macy’s,and more topped Wall Street’s forecasts for sales and profits in the quarter. (See“Shoppers Are Crowding Malls and Bricks-and-Mortar Stores Again.”)</p><p><blockquote>零售商公布了 5 月至 7 月第二季度的业绩。总体情况是,消费者手持大流行病储蓄和联邦刺激现金,并渴望花掉这些钱.沃尔玛、塔吉特、家得宝、梅西百货等本季度的销售额和利润都超过了华尔街的预测。(参见“购物者再次涌入商场和实体店”。)</blockquote></p><p> <b>Calling All Hackers</b></p><p><blockquote><b>呼叫所有黑客</b></blockquote></p><p> Shares ofT-Mobile UScame under pressure after reports in the online publication Motherboard that customer data claiming to be from the wireless network operator’s servers was for sale online. T-Mobile later confirmed that there had been unauthorized access to some of the company’s data, including records for roughly 54 million people.</p><p><blockquote>在线出版物 Motherboard 报道称,声称来自无线网络运营商服务器的客户数据正在网上出售,这给 ofT-Mobile UScame 带来了压力。T-Mobile 随后证实,有人未经授权访问了该公司的一些数据,其中包括大约 5400 万人的记录。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Passing the Baton</b></p><p><blockquote><b>传递接力棒</b></blockquote></p><p> Johnson & Johnsonannounced a surprise CEO transition. Its current chief executive, Alex Gorsky, will hand the reins to Joaquin Duato in January after nine years in charge and three decades at the company, which has a market value of nearly $500 billion. Duato, 59, is currently the vice chairman of J&J’s executive committee. Gorsky, 61, will assume the post of executive chairman, a newly created role, next year.</p><p><blockquote>强生公司宣布出人意料地更换首席执行官。其现任首席执行官亚历克斯·戈尔斯基 (Alex Gorsky) 将于 1 月份将权力移交给华金·杜阿托 (Joaquin Duato),此前他已掌管这家市值近 5000 亿美元的公司长达 9 年,并在该公司工作了 30 年。现年 59 岁的杜阿托现任强生执行委员会副主席。61岁的戈尔斯基将于明年担任新设立的执行主席一职。</blockquote></p><p> <b>Annals of Deal Making</b></p><p><blockquote><b>交易年鉴</b></blockquote></p><p> Gene-sequencing firmIlluminaclosed a $7.1 billion acquisition of Grail, which works on early cancer detection. A legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission continues…German logistics firm Deutsche Post will acquire ocean freight-forwarding company J.F. Hillebrand Group for about 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in cash…ToolmakerStanley Black & Deckeragreed to pay $1.6 billion in cash for the 80% of MTD Holdings that it doesn’t already own. MTD makes lawn mowers and other outdoor power tools under the Cub Cadet and Troy-Bilt brands…BHP Groupwill merge its oil-and-gas unit withWoodside Petroleumin an all-stock deal, with its shareholders owning 48%. The miner will also shift its primary stock market listing from London to Sydney.</p><p><blockquote>基因测序公司 Firmillumina 完成了对 Grail 的 71 亿美元收购,该公司致力于早期癌症检测。与联邦贸易委员会的法律战仍在继续……德国物流公司德国邮政将收购海运代理公司J.F。Hillebrand Group 以约 15 亿欧元(18 亿美元)现金收购.工具制造商 Stanley Black & Decker 同意以 16 亿美元现金收购其尚未拥有的 MTD 80% 的股份。MTD 以 Cub Cadet 和 Troy-Bilt 品牌生产割草机和其他户外电动工具……必和必拓集团将以全股票交易的形式将其石油和天然气部门与伍德赛德石油公司合并,其股东持有 48% 的股份。该矿商还将把其主要股票市场上市从伦敦转移到悉尼。</blockquote></p><p></p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> 来源:<a href=\"https://www.barrons.com/articles/berkshire-hathaway-holdings-news-51629509250?siteid=yhoof2&tesla=y\">Barron's</a></p>\n<p>为提升您的阅读体验,我们对本页面进行了排版优化</p>\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{},"source_url":"https://www.barrons.com/articles/berkshire-hathaway-holdings-news-51629509250?siteid=yhoof2&tesla=y","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1176431153","content_text":"If you’ve been waiting forBerkshire Hathawayto spend a decent chunk of its $144 billion in cash and equivalents on an acquisition, you’ll have to wait a little longer—maybe a lot longer. Not only did Berkshire fail to make a significant purchase in the second quarter, but CEO Warren Buffett and his investment lieutenants, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, were net sellers of about $1 billion of stocks in the period, according to the company’s latest 10-Q filing.\nBerkshire pared its stakes in three drug stocks—AbbVie,Bristol-Myers Squibb, andMerck—all acquired in 2020. The company also sold seven millionGeneral Motorsshares in the quarter, cutting its holding to 60 million shares, now worth $3.2 billion. Berkshire trimmed itsChevronposition slightly, and added to its stake in grocerKroger.\nThere were no changes in its two largest holdings. The company’sApplestake held steady at 887 million shares, now worth $134 billion, andBank of Americastood at 1.01 billion shares, worth $41 billion. Berkshire’s total equity holdings topped $300 billion as of June 30.\nAs for its own shares, Berkshire was a buyer, scooping up about $6 billion of stock in each of the past two quarters, or about 1% of the shares outstanding in each period.\nAnd it wasn’t the only buyer; both share classes are up about 25% this year, ahead of theS&P 500index’s total return of about 20%.\nLast WeekPre-Tantrum\nStock indexes finished the week in the red, with the bulk of the week’s selling coming on Tuesday and Wednesday. The S&P 500,Nasdaq Composite,andDow Jones Industrial Averageeach sank close to 2% over those days. Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee’s latest meeting, released on Wednesday, showed an active debate among officials about when to begin withdrawing the emergency stimulus in place since March 2020. The Fed could begin reducing its U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities purchases—currently running at a combined $120 billion a month—this fall. The Dow finished the week down 1.1%, at 35,120.08; the S&P lost 0.6%, to 4441.67; and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7%, to 14,714.66.\nShop Till They Drop\nRetailers reported their results for the May-to-July period, their second quarter. The overall picture is of consumers armed with pandemic savings and federal stimulus cash—and eager to spend it.Walmart,Target,Home Depot,Macy’s,and more topped Wall Street’s forecasts for sales and profits in the quarter. (See“Shoppers Are Crowding Malls and Bricks-and-Mortar Stores Again.”)\nCalling All Hackers\nShares ofT-Mobile UScame under pressure after reports in the online publication Motherboard that customer data claiming to be from the wireless network operator’s servers was for sale online. T-Mobile later confirmed that there had been unauthorized access to some of the company’s data, including records for roughly 54 million people.\nPassing the Baton\nJohnson & Johnsonannounced a surprise CEO transition. Its current chief executive, Alex Gorsky, will hand the reins to Joaquin Duato in January after nine years in charge and three decades at the company, which has a market value of nearly $500 billion. Duato, 59, is currently the vice chairman of J&J’s executive committee. Gorsky, 61, will assume the post of executive chairman, a newly created role, next year.\nAnnals of Deal Making\nGene-sequencing firmIlluminaclosed a $7.1 billion acquisition of Grail, which works on early cancer detection. A legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission continues…German logistics firm Deutsche Post will acquire ocean freight-forwarding company J.F. Hillebrand Group for about 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in cash…ToolmakerStanley Black & Deckeragreed to pay $1.6 billion in cash for the 80% of MTD Holdings that it doesn’t already own. MTD makes lawn mowers and other outdoor power tools under the Cub Cadet and Troy-Bilt brands…BHP Groupwill merge its oil-and-gas unit withWoodside Petroleumin an all-stock deal, with its shareholders owning 48%. The miner will also shift its primary stock market listing from London to Sydney.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":1056,"commentLimit":10,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"symbols":[],"verified":2,"subType":0,"readableState":1,"langContent":"EN","currentLanguage":"EN","warmUpFlag":false,"orderFlag":false,"shareable":true,"causeOfNotShareable":"","featuresForAnalytics":[],"commentAndTweetFlag":false,"andRepostAutoSelectedFlag":false,"upFlag":false,"length":5,"subscribersOnly":false,"subscribersOnlyAccessible":false,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"isTiger":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"url":"/m/post/832572194"}
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