Warren Buffett says it ‘was probably a mistake’ to sell nearly 10M shares of AAPL last year
Back in February, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed that it sold 9.81 million shares of AAPL at the end of 2020. Speaking during the conglomerate’s annual shareholder meeting this weekend, however, Buffett acknowledged that this decision was “probably a mistake.”
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One sentence to summarise how well Warren Buffett has done from AAPL
Warren Buffett has gone from being an AAPL skeptic to a massive investor in the Cupertino company. As AAPL looks set to break $500 this morning, a new report today summarises just how successful that investment has been in a single sentence …
Expand Expanding CloseAAPL makes up 43% of Berkshire Hathaway stocks; seen $55B growth in 18 months
AAPL shares now make up 43% of Berkshire Hathaway’s stocks, says a new analysis. Warren Buffett’s conglomerate owns $91.3B worth of Apple stock – giving it 5.5% of the company – of a total $213.6B across all 46 companies in its portfolio.
That investment has paid off big-time, the conglomerate’s AAPL holdings seeing $55B in growth since the beginning of 2019 …
Warren Buffett says Tim Cook spent ‘hours’ teaching him how to use his new iPhone 11
Even though Berkshire Hathaway is a major investor in Apple, Warren Buffett himself only recently switched from a flip phone to the iPhone. In a recent interview with Yahoo Finance, Buffett tells the story of Apple CEO Tim Cook trying to teach him how to use his new iPhone.
Apple is ‘probably the best business in the world’ says Warren Buffett [Video]
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has said in an interview that Apple is ‘probably the best business I know in the world.’
His Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate is now the largest single investor in AAPL, owning 5.7% of the company and ‘increasing all the time’ …
Warren Buffett sold $800M of AAPL last quarter, remains biggest shareholder
Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate last quarter sold more than $800M of AAPL stock, according to SEC filings…
Apple partners with Warren Buffett on free Paper Wizard game
Another interesting development that has emerged from Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder’s meeting is a new iOS game, Warren Buffett’s Paper Wizard. Notably, Apple helped out with the development and holds the rights to the new free game.
Tim Cook attends Berkshire annual meeting, says he’s ‘thrilled’ Buffett is an AAPL investor
Tim Cook attended the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska this weekend. While in Omaha, Cook said that he’s “thrilled” to see Warren Buffett invest in AAPL, while also taking the opportunity to visit with the local Apple store.
Warren Buffett thinks Apple ‘can afford a mistake or two’ with Apple TV+ launch he views as risky
Warren Buffett gave a talk today at The Gatehouse’s Hands Up for Success luncheon and Apple’s new Services came up. The billionaire is mostly positive on Apple, but his comments about the company’s latest push into new Services like original TV content show he has doubts about how things might play out.
Warren Buffett says he’d buy more AAPL stock if it was cheaper, not interested in selling
Warren Buffett, through his company Berkshire Hathaway, is Apple’s second biggest shareholder, having dramatically increased his stake in the last few years. In an interview with CNBC, Buffett says that he is unlikely to sell his AAPL shares, and would buy more if it was cheaper.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire bought even more AAPL shares in Q3, filings show
Warren Buffett has further expanded his stake in Apple, new filings show. According to Berkshire Hathaway’s latest 13-F filing, Buffett added over half a million shares of AAPL to his portfolio over the last quarter.
Warren Buffett says he wants to buy even more AAPL, praises $100B share buyback
Earlier this week, we reported that Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate founded and run by Warren Buffett, had purchased an addition 75 million AAPL shares during the first quarter of this year. Now, Buffett says he wants to buy even more of the company…
Warren Buffett uses furniture to explain why Berkshire Hathaway doubled its AAPL holdings in January
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has explained why Berkshire Hathaway doubled its AAPL holdings in January, stating that he used his understanding of the furniture market to appreciate the strength of the iPhone …
Long-time Apple skeptic Warren Buffett’s conglomerate has bought $1B of AAPL stock
Warren Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway has purchased more than a billion dollars worth of AAPL stock. An SEC filing (via CNBC) revealed that the fund had purchased 9,811,747 shares worth a total of $1.069B as at the end of the first quarter.
It’s believed that Berkshire Hathaway owned few AAPL shares prior to this move. Warren Buffett said way back in 2011 that the conglomerate ‘held very few in the past and we’re likely to hold very few in the future’ as the company’s long-term prospects were too difficult to predict …