00:00 Speaker A
It’s time now for chart of the day. Let’s send it on over to my co-host Madison Mills for a look at what Warren Buffett is buying and selling.
00:08 Madison Mills
That’s right, Brad. Where is the goat of investing putting his money? Luckily, you don’t have to guess. It’s 13F filing season, and that’s when hedge funds are required to disclose what they’ve done with their portfolios over the course of the quarter. To be sure, it’s obviously backward looking, but it’s Buffett, so investors still want to peek at how the Oracle of Omaha is allocating capital. So let’s dive into Buffett’s news. As we know, he was sitting in cash and avoided the market volatility as a result, but looking at his exposure here, he sold his remaining City Group stake, also trimming his Bank of America holdings here, doubling his exposure to constellation brands, which is interesting, given that leverage to the consumer. What’s really interesting, and we’re trying to get a hold on here is that he is keeping a confidential new buy. As a reminder, obviously Buffett sitting in a lot of cash because he was able to get out of the market prior to a lot of the volatility, and the question is, what is this new buy going to look like? How is he deploying that capital? Historically, Buffett likes to buy things that he knows, whether it be Coca-Cola or McDonald’s. So perhaps that is a signal of where he may be putting that cash to work.