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Buffett’s Berkshire Still Isn’t Buying. Here’s What It Sold.<blockquote>巴菲特的伯克希尔哈撒韦公司仍然不买。这是它卖的东西。</blockquote>
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Berkshire’s total equity holdings topped $300 billion as of June 30.</p><p><blockquote>其最大的两个持股没有变化。该公司持有的苹果股份稳定在8.87亿股，目前价值1,340亿美元，美国银行持有10.1亿股，价值410亿美元。截至6月30日，伯克希尔哈撒韦公司的总股本超过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，在过去两个季度每个季度都买入了约60亿美元的股票，约占每个时期已发行股票的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>它不是唯一的买家。这两个股票类别今年都上涨了约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>股指本周收盘下跌，本周大部分抛售发生在周二和周三。这些天，标普500、纳斯达克综合指数和道琼斯工业平均指数均下跌近2%。周三公布的美联储货币政策委员会最新会议纪要显示，官员们就何时开始撤回自2020年3月以来实施的紧急刺激措施展开了激烈辩论。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量——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>购物直到他们倒下</b></blockquote></p><p> Retailers reported their results for the May-to-July period, their second quarter. 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Here’s What It Sold.<blockquote>巴菲特的伯克希尔哈撒韦公司仍然不买。这是它卖的东西。</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>如果您一直在等待伯克希尔哈撒韦公司将其1440亿美元现金及等价物中的很大一部分用于收购，那么您将不得不等待更长的时间——也许更长。根据该公司最新的10-Q报告，伯克希尔哈撒韦公司不仅在第二季度未能进行重大收购，而且首席执行官沃伦·巴菲特及其投资副手托德·库姆斯和特德·韦施勒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>伯克希尔哈撒韦公司减持了三只药品股的股份——艾伯维、百时美施贵宝和默克——这三只药品股都是在2020年收购的。该公司还在本季度出售了700万股通用汽车股票，将其持有量削减至6000万股，目前价值32亿美元。伯克希尔哈撒韦小幅削减了雪佛龙的持仓，并增持了杂货商克罗格的股份。</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>其最大的两个持股没有变化。该公司持有的苹果股份稳定在8.87亿股，目前价值1,340亿美元，美国银行持有10.1亿股，价值410亿美元。截至6月30日，伯克希尔哈撒韦公司的总股本超过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，在过去两个季度每个季度都买入了约60亿美元的股票，约占每个时期已发行股票的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>它不是唯一的买家。这两个股票类别今年都上涨了约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>股指本周收盘下跌，本周大部分抛售发生在周二和周三。这些天，标普500、纳斯达克综合指数和道琼斯工业平均指数均下跌近2%。周三公布的美联储货币政策委员会最新会议纪要显示，官员们就何时开始撤回自2020年3月以来实施的紧急刺激措施展开了激烈辩论。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量——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>购物直到他们倒下</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，消费者拥有大流行储蓄和联邦刺激现金，并渴望花掉它们。沃尔玛、塔吉特、家得宝、梅西百货等公司本季度的销售额和利润超出了华尔街的预期。（参见“购物者再次挤满购物中心和实体店”。）</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在网上出售，该公司股价承压。T-Mobile后来证实，该公司的一些数据遭到了未经授权的访问，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>强生公司出人意料地宣布首席执行官换届。该公司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)，此前他执掌该公司九年，在该公司工作了三十年，市值近5000亿美元。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>交易编年史</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Lumina以71亿美元收购了致力于早期癌症检测的Grail。与美国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.FHillebrand 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……必和必拓集团将通过全股票交易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地从伦敦转移到悉尼。</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":2971,"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":2,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"isTiger":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"url":"/m/post/832639546"}
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