Buffett’s firm trims drugmaker stakes, buys 2 new stocks
Associated Press— Investor Warren Buffett’s company made two new investments during the third quarter while trimming its holdings in several drugmakers and financial firms. Buffett and other Berkshire officials don’t comment on these quarterly stock filings, and the reports don’t make it clear whether either of the company’s two other investment managers had a hand in the moves. Buffett generally handles all the bigger investments in Berkshire’s portfolio that are worth more than $1 billion apiece such as longstanding holdings in Coca-Cola and American Express stock. With Chevron, Berkshire bought nearly 5.6 million shares to rebuild part of the investment it had been selling off in the first half of this year, but Berkshire’s current $2.9 billion investment in the oil giant is still smaller than the $4.1 billion Chevron stake it established late last year.