Berkshire Hathaway n.2

Scusami Capirex, per variazione del capitale circolante cosa intendi? Cioè, per la formula serve la differenza anno su anno?
Es. (Attivo circolante 2009-Passivo circolante 2009)-(Attivo circolante 2008-Passivo circolante 2008)?
Faccio un esempio, così da poter capire bene.
Se guardo Eni vedo che il ccn sul 2009 è di 641, contro i 1754 del 2008.
Si è dunque ridotto di 1113. Quindi lo andrò a detrarre.
Se ci fosse stato un incremento lo avrei dovuto sommare.

Aspetta. E' l'opposto. Nella formula ti ho messo un meno davanti alla variazione del CCN, quindi vuol dire che se la variazione è negativa l'impatto sul free cash flow è positivo e viceversa.

Il ragionamento logico che c'è dietro a quel meno nella formula è questo: se si riduce il CCN vuol dire che si libera cassa, perchè serve meno capitale per condurre l'attività dell'azienda. Se aumenta vuol dire che viene assorbita cassa dalla attività dell'azienda perchè serve più capitale per mandare avanti l'attività.

In generale nelle analisi si fa molta attenzione al CCN commerciale (crediti commerciali + rimanenze - debiti commerciali), specialmente durante i periodi di recessione per vedere se l'azienda ha potere contrattuale nei confronti di clienti e fornitori. Ma comunque nel calcolo completo del FCF (quello che trovi nei rendiconti finanziari sui bilanci delle aziende quotate) rietrano anche le variazioni delle altre poste del CCN netto.
 
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Ti metto il rendiconto finanziario di Geox che è piuttosto ordinato e scarno per renderti l'idea.
 
Berkshire Hathaway Set To Venture Into Indian Insurance Business

Berkshire Hathaway is all set to venture into Indian insurance business by establishing a wholly-owned subsidiary that will acquire a corporate agency license from the Indian insurance sector regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), according to The Economic Times.


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Berkshire Hathaway will use its license to sell auto insurance policies from Bajaj Allianz General Insurance. Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiary is expected to make investments of approximately $11m to set up a support structure, including a call center, the newspaper reported.


Berkshire Hathaway has chosen the corporate agency route to enter into India because of the low foreign direct investment limits in all other insurance business, according to the source.


According to current Indian regulations, foreign investors are not allowed to hold more than 26% equity stake in the business.
 
Berkshire verrà inserita nell'indice Russell che dovrebbe ribilanciarsi entro fine giugno; come per l'inserimento dell'S&P 500 il titolo dovrà essere comprato da fondi istituzionali...
 
France loses..Warren Buffett wins ... :D


South Africa knocked France out of the World Cup today. That's good news for Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's company.

Berkshire sold an insurance policy that would have paid about $30 million if France won the World Cup, Buffett told CNBC earlier this year.

With France out of the running, Berkshire will get to keep the premium it charged to the mystery buyer who took out that policy.

Berkshire is a huge insurer — it owns Geico, among other brands. And it's taken on some of the the random-insurance-policy business historically associated with Lloyd's.

Berkshire has sold insurance against the cancellation of a college hoops tournament, and a possible payout of $1 billion in a contest sponsored by Pepsi, Bloomberg News notes.

Lloyd's is still in the odd-insurance business, by the way — and sometimes sells policies that seem more like publicity stunts than prudent risk management. The company says it recently insured a coffee-taster's tongue, and a wine-maker's nose.
 
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway raises stake in UK grocer Tesco to 3 per cent

LONDON - Warren Buffett's investment company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has raised its stake in British grocer Tesco PLC to just above three per cent.
Tesco notified the London Stock Exchange on Thursday that Berkshire Hathaway now holds 242 million shares, or 3.02 per cent.
Tesco is the world's third-largest retailer. The company's shares were up one per cent in midday trading on the London Stock Exchange.
 
France loses..Warren Buffett wins ... :D


South Africa knocked France out of the World Cup today. That's good news for Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's company.

Berkshire sold an insurance policy that would have paid about $30 million if France won the World Cup, Buffett told CNBC earlier this year.

With France out of the running, Berkshire will get to keep the premium it charged to the mystery buyer who took out that policy.

Berkshire is a huge insurer — it owns Geico, among other brands. And it's taken on some of the the random-insurance-policy business historically associated with Lloyd's.

Berkshire has sold insurance against the cancellation of a college hoops tournament, and a possible payout of $1 billion in a contest sponsored by Pepsi, Bloomberg News notes.

Lloyd's is still in the odd-insurance business, by the way — and sometimes sells policies that seem more like publicity stunts than prudent risk management. The company says it recently insured a coffee-taster's tongue, and a wine-maker's nose.

Cioè ... praticamente WB si è messo a fare anche l'allibratore .... :eek:

I mercati finanziari attualmente offrono poche attrattive e lui ... diversifica ... che tipo che è .... :D

Certo che il premio incassato per la scommessa della Francia Campione del Mondo non sarà stato molto alto , perchè penso che la quotavano molto bassa ....;)

P.S.: comunque stavo notando (non ho fatto conteggi in merito ma è una sensazione ad occhio) come ultimamente BRK stia performando ampiamente l'SP500 ; mi sembra di aver visto parecchie giornate in cui quando SP500 scendeva abbastanza BRK scendeva poco o niente e quando SP500 saliva un pò BRK era ancora più positivo ..... buon segno direi ... OK! OK!
 
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Stavo dando un'occhiata ai conti di BRK....
Avete notato il free cash flow?

L'azienda più riconosciuta della finanza con a capo l'uomo più seguito (sempre nella finanza).... con un FCF del genere:

2005: -4395mln
2006: -3882mln
2007: -878mln
2008: -20814mln
2009: finalmente un pò di verde con +4685

:mmmm:
 
Berkshire ha diverse attività assicurative (che rispondono ai principi contabili delle istituzioni finanziarie) e il calcolo del free cash flow non è attendibile come nelle società "normali", anche per questo è uno dei titoli più difficili da valutare. :yes:
 
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway profit tumbles 40%
By Blake Ellis, staff reporterAugust 6, 2010: 5:50 PM ET


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway posted a second-quarter profit that tumbled 40% from a year ago, as the company suffered a $1.4 billion paper loss on its derivatives bets.

The conglomerate reported quarterly net income of $1.97 billion, or $1,195 per Class A share compared with last year's $3.3 billion, or $2,123 per share, during the same quarter.

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diggEmail Print CommentBerkshire's $1.4 billion decline in the market value of its derivatives bets on stock market indexes and other financial instruments followed a gain of $1.5 billion a year ago.

Excluding its investment and derivative business, the Omaha, Neb.-based company booked operating earnings per share of $1,866, a 63% rise from $1,147 in the same period last year.

Berkshire's book value, which includes capital gains and losses whether they are realized or not, rose 2.6% to $86,661 per share.

While CEO Warren Buffett has famously criticized derivatives as "financial weapons of mass destruction," he has lately expressed opposition to Wall Street regulation designed to make derivative trading safer.

Under the federal government's proposed derivatives rules, companies like Berkshire would likely be required to produce collateral for any new derivatives contracts, whereas Buffett has said Berkshire rarely engages in deals requiring collateral up front.


0:00 /2:51Buffett's recipe for reform
Led by investing legend Buffett, Berkshire owns companies ranging from insurance provider Geico to private jet operator NetJets to the railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Berkshire also has stakes in companies including Kraft Foods (KFT, Fortune 500), Coca-Cola (KO, Fortune 500) and American Express (AXP, Fortune 500).

Berkshire (BRKA, Fortune 500) made itself appealing to a wider investor audience by creating more affordable shares through its 50-for-1 stock split earlier this year. While its Class B shares (BRKB) once traded for more than $3,300 apiece, they now run at about $80 a pop and trade on the S&P 500 Index (SPX).

Year-to-date, Berkshire Hathaway's class A and class B shares are up more than 20%, but shares were down modestly at the close of trading Friday.
 
Con questi derivati è ancora più difficile valutare BRKB... l'utile netto non è più affidabile... :wall:
 
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WPO a questi prezzi diventa estremamente interessante, ma non c'ho capito niente col traduttore in merito al perchè :wall:

Qualcuno mi può cortesemente spiegare questa storia della scuola? :confused:
 
Berkshire Hathaway Buys Fiserv Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Becton Dickinson, Reduces ConocoPhillips, M&T Bank Corp
August-16-2010


Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway reported the second quarter portfolio today. Buffett added significantly to JNJ, but continued to reduce ConocoPhillips. These are the details of buys and sells.

According to the most recent filings of his investment company, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett owns 37 stocks with a total value of $46.4 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.



New Purchases: FISV,
Added Positions: BDX, IRM, JNJ, NLC, SNY,
Reduced Positions: COP, KFT, MTB, PG,
For the details of Warren Buffett's stock buys and sells, go to http://www.gurufocus.com/StockBuy.php?GuruName=Warren+Buffett

This is the sector weightings of his portfolio:


Financials
39.3%

Consumer Goods
39.1%

Consumer Services
7.3%

Health Care
5.9%

Industrials
4.1%

Oil & Gas
3.1%

Utilities
0.7%




These are the top 5 holdings of Warren Buffett

[list type=A]
The CocaCola Company (KO) - 200,000,000 shares, 21.58% of the total portfolio.
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) - 320,088,385 shares, 17.64% of the total portfolio.
American Express Company (AXP) - 151,610,700 shares, 12.96% of the total portfolio.
The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) - 78,071,036 shares, 10.08% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 1.3%
Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) - 105,214,584 shares, 6.34% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 1.42%[/list]


Added: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Warren Buffett added to his holdings in Johnson & Johnson by 72.95%. His purchase prices were between $58 and $66.03, with an estimated average price of $62.2. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 2.21%. His holdings were 41,319,563 shares as of 06/30/2010.

Johnson & Johnson has a market cap of $158.98 billion; its shares were traded at around $58.01 with a P/E ratio of 12.2 and P/S ratio of 2.6. The dividend yield of Johnson & Johnson stocks is 3.7%. Johnson & Johnson had an annual average earning growth of 10.8% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Johnson & Johnson the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.


Added: Becton Dickinson And Company (BDX)
Warren Buffett added to his holdings in Becton Dickinson And Company by 8.36%. His purchase prices were between $67.45 and $79.66, with an estimated average price of $73.87. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.02%. His holdings were 1,889,889 shares as of 06/30/2010.

Becton, Dickinson and Co. is engaged principally in the manufacture and sale of a broad line of supplies, devices and systems used by health care professionals, medical research institutions and the general public. Becton Dickinson And Company has a market cap of $16.46 billion; its shares were traded at around $70.63 with a P/E ratio of 13.9 and P/S ratio of 2.3. The dividend yield of Becton Dickinson And Company stocks is 2.1%. Becton Dickinson And Company had an annual average earning growth of 13.9% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Becton Dickinson And Company the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.


Added: Sanofiaventis (SNY)
Warren Buffett added to his holdings in Sanofiaventis by 4.09%. His purchase prices were between $28.47 and $37.49, with an estimated average price of $32.49. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. His holdings were 4,063,675 shares as of 06/30/2010.

Sanofi-Aventis is a global pharmaceutical company that contributes to enhance life by providing medicines, vaccines, and integrated healthcare solutions adapted to local needs and means primarily in Europe and the United States. Sanofiaventis has a market cap of $73.69 billion; its shares were traded at around $28.75 with a P/E ratio of 6.6 and P/S ratio of 1.8. The dividend yield of Sanofiaventis stocks is 3.9%.


Added: Iron Mountain Inc. (IRM)
Warren Buffett added to his holdings in Iron Mountain Inc. by 2.63%. His purchase prices were between $22.69 and $28.39, with an estimated average price of $25.23. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. His holdings were 8,000,000 shares as of 06/30/2010.

Iron Mountain Incorporated is one of the world's largest records and information management services company. Iron Mountain Inc. has a market cap of $4.43 billion; its shares were traded at around $22 with a P/E ratio of 21.4 and P/S ratio of 1.5. The dividend yield of Iron Mountain Inc. stocks is 1.1%. Iron Mountain Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 13.5% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Iron Mountain Inc. the business predictability rank of 4-star.


Added: Nalco Holding Company (NLC)
Warren Buffett added to his holdings in Nalco Holding Company by 1.67%. His purchase prices were between $20.27 and $26.19, with an estimated average price of $23.42. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.01%. His holdings were 9,150,000 shares as of 06/30/2010.

During the past century, Nalco Holding Company has grown from a fledgling water treatment business to a provider of integrated water treatment and process improvement services, chemicals and equipment programs for industrial and institutional applications. Nalco Holding Company has a market cap of $3.2 billion; its shares were traded at around $23.3 with a P/E ratio of 18.6 and P/S ratio of 0.9. The dividend yield of Nalco Holding Company stocks is 0.6%. Nalco Holding Company had an annual average earning growth of 4.5% over the past 5 years.


New Purchase: Fiserv Inc. (FISV)
Warren Buffett initiated holdings in Fiserv Inc.. His purchase prices were between $45.33 and $54.69, with an estimated average price of $49.82. The impact to his portfolio due to this purchase was 0.43%. His holdings were 4,400,000 shares as of 06/30/2010.

Fiserv, Inc., a Fortune five hundred company, provides information management systems and services to the financial and insurance industries. Fiserv Inc. has a market cap of $7.64 billion; its shares were traded at around $50.07 with a P/E ratio of 13.1 and P/S ratio of 1.9. Fiserv Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 10.8% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Fiserv Inc. the business predictability rank of 3-star.


Reduced: M&T Bank Corp. (MTB)
Warren Buffett reduced to his holdings in M&T Bank Corp. by 3.59%. His sale prices were between $74.24 and $94.45, with an estimated average price of $84.36. The impact to his portfolio due to this sale was -0.04%. Warren Buffett still held 5,363,821 shares as of 06/30/2010.

M&T Bank Corp is a bank holding company. They have two primary bank subsidiaries: Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and M&T Bank, National Association. M&t Bank Corp. has a market cap of $10.18 billion; its shares were traded at around $85.45 with a P/E ratio of 17.8 and P/S ratio of 2.7. The dividend yield of M&t Bank Corp. stocks is 3.3%. M&t Bank Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 1.3% over the past 10 years.


Reduced: Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT)
Warren Buffett reduced to his holdings in Kraft Foods Inc. by 1.42%. His sale prices were between $28.32 and $31.07, with an estimated average price of $29.71. The impact to his portfolio due to this sale was -0.09%. Warren Buffett still held 105,214,584 shares as of 06/30/2010.

Kraft Foods, Inc. is the largest branded food and beverage company headquartered in the U. Kraft Foods Inc. has a market cap of $43.57 billion; its shares were traded at around $29.45 with a P/E ratio of 14 and P/S ratio of 1.1. The dividend yield of Kraft Foods Inc. stocks is 3.9%. Kraft Foods Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 1.7% over the past 5 years.


Reduced: The Procter & Gamble Company (PG)
Warren Buffett reduced to his holdings in The Procter & Gamble Company by 1.3%. His sale prices were between $59.79 and $63.94, with an estimated average price of $62.05. The impact to his portfolio due to this sale was -0.13%. Warren Buffett still held 78,071,036 shares as of 06/30/2010.

The Procter & Gamble Company manufactures and markets a broad range of consumer products in many countries throughout the world. The Procter & Gamble Company has a market cap of $171.64 billion; its shares were traded at around $59.77 with a P/E ratio of 16.2 and P/S ratio of 2.2. The dividend yield of The Procter & Gamble Company stocks is 3.2%. The Procter & Gamble Company had an annual average earning growth of 12.3% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated The Procter & Gamble Company the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.


Reduced: Conocophillips (COP)
Warren Buffett reduced to his holdings in Conocophillips by 14.83%. His sale prices were between $49.57 and $59.7, with an estimated average price of $54.39. The impact to his portfolio due to this sale was -0.46%. Warren Buffett still held 29,109,637 shares as of 06/30/2010.

ConocoPhillips is a major international integrated energy company with operations in some 49 countries. Conocophillips has a market cap of $81.27 billion; its shares were traded at around $54.93 with a P/E ratio of 10.3 and P/S ratio of 0.5. The dividend yield of Conocophillips stocks is 4%. Conocophillips had an annual average earning growth of 18.2% over the past 10 years.
 
Berkshire buys more J&J shares
JOSH FUNK | Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. – Warren Buffett’s company has partly rebuilt the stake in Johnson & Johnson he reduced over the past two years to raise cash for other investments, and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. boosted its investment in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. during the second quarter.

Berkshire detailed its $46.4 billion U.S. stock holdings in a Aug. 16 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The document revealed several changes in the Omaha-based company’s portfolio between March 31 and the end of June, including decreases in Berkshire’s holdings in Kraft Foods, ConocoPhillips, Procter & Gamble and M&T Bank. Berkshire also increased its stakes in Becton Dickinson & Co., Nalco Holding Co. and Sanofi Aventis.

But the biggest change came in Berkshire’s J&J stake, which grew to 41.3 million shares at the end of June. That’s up from 23.9 million shares in March.

In 2008 and 2009, Buffett sold off some of Berkshire’s Johnson & Johnson stock to help pay for more attractive investments.

Johnson & Johnson is the parent company of Warsaw-based DePuy Orthopaedics.

Berkshire held 64.3 million shares of New Brunswick, N.J.-based Johnson & Johnson at the end of 2007. Buffett, who is Berkshire’s CEO and chairman, has said he sold some stock in the drug and medical products maker in 2008 to free up capital for Buffett’s $14.5 billion fixed income investments in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and General Electric Co.

Later in 2009, Buffett again sold some J&J stock to help raise cash for Berkshire’s $26.7 billion acquisition of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad.

Berkshire officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment last week, but they don’t typically comment on the company’s stock holdings beyond what it is legally required disclose
 
bye Lou:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/38807185

The low-profile 73-year-old man whose stellar stock picks are often attributed to Warren Buffett is calling it quits.
In her Chicago Tribune column, Melissa Harris breaks the big news that media-shy Lou Simpson will retire at the end of the year.
For decades, he's been quietly, independently, and profitably managing the now $4 billion investment portfolio at Geico, the Berkshire Hathaway insurance subsidiary.

Buffett will take over those responsibilities, but there's some speculation Simpson's departure could create an opportunity for Li Lu, the Chinese investor who Charlie Munger says is a "foregone conclusion" to become one of Berkshire's top decision makers on investments.
Buffett says Simpson never sought approval for his buying and selling decisions. Last year, five million Bank of America shares in Berkshire's portfolio slipped Buffett's mind as he described its bank holdings because it was Simpson who had bought them.

The two men, however, do have very similar investment styles and successes.
In his 2004 letter to shareholders, Buffett said Simpson is "a cinch to be inducted into the investment Hall of Fame," even though sometimes he will "silently disagree" with his decisions. But, Buffett acknowledges in tiny print, "Usually he's right."
In that letter, a table headlined "Portrait of a Disciplined Investor" details how Geico's portfolio suffered annual losses only three times from 1980 to 2004 and beat the benchmark S&P 500 stock index 18 times. Simpson's average annual gain over that period: 20.3 percent vs the S&P's 13.5 percent.

Buffett tells Harris he wishes Simpson would stay on the job. "Obviously, I would keep him employed till he was 100. I was very surprised when he called me a month ago and said, 'At 74, I'd just as soon turn it over to somebody else.' It was not a happy day at Berkshire. But I'm happy for him."
In its quarterly stock portfolio snapshots, Berkshire doesn't explicitly say if a position is Buffett's or Simpson's.
As a result, says Buffett, "People are always attributing to me what he's doing... If you see a purchase on a company in the $300- to $400-million range, odds are very good that's Lou's. I'm going to want to buy at least $1 billion of whatever it is we buy. So Nike, those things are his, while Wells Fargo, Kraft , those will be mine."

That means Simpson was probably responsible for the smaller Berkshire portfolio moves we saw in the second quarter, including a new $220 million stake in Fiserv. Conversely, the $1 billion addition to Berkshire's Johnson & Johnson [JNJ 59.02 0.28 (+0.48%) ] position was almost certainly Buffett's doing.
In a conversation described as only his second on-the-record interview since Berkshire bought Geico in 1996, Simpson tells the Tribune's Harris, "My approach is eclectic. I try to read all company documents carefully. We try to talk to competitors. We try to find people more knowledgeable about the business than we are. We do not rely on Wall Street-generated research. We do our own research. We try to meet with top management."
He also tries, and succeeds, at staying under the radar. "So many people broadcast what they buy or sell and it works against them. I'm in favor of people not knowing what we're doing until the last possible time."
 
Berkshire offers to buy rest of Wesco Financial
Law firm probing valuation as deal would be priced at Wesco's book value

Chairman Warren Buffett is offering to pay a price equal to Wesco's book value per share. Wesco stock jumped above the company's most-recent reported book value per share, suggesting Buffett may need to pay more to get the deal done.

Berkshire said in a regulatory filing that it plans to offer to buy the rest of Wesco Berkshire owns 80.1% of Pasadena, Calif.-based Wesco and has controlled a majority of its shares since the early 1980s. Berkshire Vice Chairman Charlie Munger is chief executive of Wesco. Berkshire said Thursday that it will offer cash and B-class shares for the remaining 19.9% of Wesco. Wesco operates Kansas Banks Surety, a specialized insurance company; CORT Business Services, a commercial furniture-rental business; and Precision Steel, a scrap-metal reseller.

Wesco shares jumped 12% to close at $363 after the announcement.

The offer will be valued at the book value per share of Wesco at a time close to the closing of a deal, Berkshire added.

"Approval from shareholders and the boards of both companies is required, but appears likely," Bill Bergman, an equity analyst at Morningstar, wrote in a note to investors on Thursday. "We think the transaction price will be fair for shareholders of both Wesco and Berkshire."

With Berkshire already owning most of Wesco's shares, the deal is likely to be approved. However, securities laws in the U.S. are designed to protect the rights of minority shareholders in situations like this.

Tripp Levy, a law firm specializing in takeover litigation, said Thursday that it's investigating whether the offer values Wesco properly.

At the end of June, Wesco said its book value was $2.51 billion, or $352.66 a share, according to the company's latest quarterly regulatory filing.

Shares of Wesco traded above $400 earlier this year and the stock jumped over $360 in afternoon trading on Thursday.

"The investigation further concerns whether Berkshire, as the controlling shareholder of the company, as well as the board of directors of Wesco may have breached their fiduciary duties by not acting in Wesco shareholders' best interests in connection with the sale process of Wesco," Tripp Levy said in a statement.

Berkshire said Thursday that it would only proceed if the deal is approved by the board of directors of Berkshire and the board of directors of Wesco (including a majority of the independent directors), as well as by a majority of the shares of Wesco not owned by Berkshire voted at any meeting that may be called to consider the transaction.

"If no transaction is agreed upon and approved, Wesco will continue to operate as it does presently as an 80.1%-owned subsidiary of Berkshire," the company added.

Berkshire's class A shares closed down 0.6% at $114,412 on Thursday. The class B stock rose 21 cents to $76.61.
 
Warren Buffett allenta la presa su Moody's: vendute 1,35 mln azioni

Finanzaonline.com - 15.9.10/10:34

Warren Buffett allenta la presa sull'agenzia di rating americana, Moody's. Il guru della finanza ha venduto, tramite la Berkshire Hathaway, 1,35 milioni di azioni della società. Lo riporta l'agenzia Bloomberg.
 
Berkshire Hathaway Sells Another 560,000 Shares Of Moody's

sold 560,000 shares of Moody's Corp. (MCO: 25.44 ,0.00 ,0.00%), according to a filing Wednesday, as the conglomerate continues to shave its stake in the credit-rating company.

The sale follows a 1.4 million share divestiture last week. It now has 28.9 million shares in Moody's, keeping its stake still at about 12%. Moody's had about 236 million shares outstanding as of June 30.

Monday's share sale is the latest in a string. Berkshire has been sloughing off its holdings in the company in dribs and drabs for more than a year.

Moody's business suffered during the financial crisis, which some said was partly because of the top grades it and other ratings firms issued to mortgage-backed securities that later underperformed.

Buffett himself has testified before Congress that Moody's and the other credit raters shouldn't be singled out for missing the housing-market bubble, saying he missed it too.

After the financial crisis passed, ratings agencies have profited as companies returned to the credit markets and seek ratings on their debt.

Moody's shares closed Wednesday down 0.4%, at $25.44, and weren't trading after hours. The stock has dropped 5.1% so far this year.

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