Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Buffett's Moves

Yesterday, we talked about where venture capitalists have been investing lately. At the end of last week, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway also announced some stock purchases and sales. Here's what the Oracle of Omaha has been up to:

Bought shares of Becton Dickinson & Co., a syringe and laboratory equipment maker based right here in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

Bought shares in Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest maker of health-care products, also located close by in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Sold shares in Eaton Corp., a manufacturer of of circuit-breakers and fuel pumps based in Cleveland.

Sold shares in Carmax Inc., the nation's largest used-car dealer, based in Richmond, Virginia.

Sold shares in Home Depot Inc., based in Atlanta.

Sold shares in WellPoint Inc., a health insurance company based in Indianapolis.

Sold shares in UnitedHealth Group Inc., another health insurance company, this one based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Sold shares in ConocoPhillips, the oil company based in Houston, although Berkshire Hathaway remains the company's second-largest shareholder.

No comments:

Post a Comment