Warrent Buffet - Berkshire Hathaway's 15 Biggest Stock Holdings

The CEO and primary shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK), Warren Buffett, the world's most famous and richest investor, below his co top 15 invested co.

1. Coca Cola (KO)
Holding Value: $10.63 billion
Shares held : 200,000,000
Stake in % in the Company: 8.63%

2. Wells Fargo (WFC)
Holding Value: $8.39 billion
Shares held : 302,609,212
Stake in % in the Company: 6.48%

3. Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI)
Holding Value: $7.45 billion*
Shares held: 76,777,029
Stake in % in the Company: 22.58%

*On 11/3/09, Berkshire Hathaway announced plans to purchase the entirety of BNI for $26 billion, bringing BRK's stake in the company to 100%, valuing the company at $34 billion

4. Procter & Gamble (PG)
Holding Value: $5.64 billion
Shares held: 96,316,010
Stake in % in the Company: 3.3%

5. American Express Co. (AXP)
Holding Value: $5.46 billion
Shares held: 151,610,700
Stake in % in the Company: 12.75%

6. Kraft Foods (KFT)
Holding Value: $3.80 billion
Shares held: 138,272,500
Stake in % in the Company: 9.37%

7. ConocoPhillips (COP)
Holding Value: $3.27 billion
Shares held: 64,485,759
Stake in % in the Company: 4.35%

8. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Holding Value: $2.17 billion
Shares held: 36,914,633
Stake in % in the Company: 1.34%

9. Wesco Financial Corp (WSC)
Holding Value: $1.86 billion
Shares held: 5,703,087
Stake in % in the Company: 80.1%

10. US Bancorp (USB)
Holding Value: $1.62 billion
Shares held: 69,039,426
Stake in % in the Company: 3.61%


11. Wal-Mart (WMT)
Holding Value: $994.82 million
Shares held: 19,944,300
Stake in % in the Company: 0.51%

12. Moody’s (MCO)
Holding Value: $876.68 million
Shares held: 38,066,685
Stake in % in the Company: 16.11%

13. Washington Post (WPO)
Holding Value: $738.15 million
Shares held: 1,727,765
Stake in % in the Company: 18.38%

14. Union Pacific Corp (UNP)
Holding Value: $567.84 million
Shares held: 9,558,000
Stake in % in the Company: 1.9%

15. Nike (NKE)
Holding Value: $478.55 million
Shares held: 7,641,000
Stake in % in the Company: 1.57%

(source CNBC)

Correction started in the region ... ?

Jakarta Stock exchange index drop almost 200 points from it peak. In fact the index had touched the mid term moving average. A not so good sign moving forward.
STI, PHI, TSE, KLSE seems holding well above the 50 days moving average, but a further drop will see a major correction in the making ..

Next up wave started ...

For the past 1 week, it seems the up wave had just begins, some small cap had made a significant 20% upward within these few days ... more are moving now ..

Identify a shooting star ...

Out of thousand over companies, it remains a challenge to catch a shooting star in the mist. A shooting star is one stock that will run regarless how is the index perform and most of the time they will out perform the market by many folds. Eg 3A, this stock price at 0.10 cent on sep06 shoot up to 0.43 cent by Jul07, then up and down within 0.25 to 0.40 from Jul 07 til Jul 09. From Aug09 til Oct09, the share price went up from 0.43 to 1.67, a whooping abt 250% return in 2 months.
My best past performer was Insas-W, from 0.135 , sold 0.425, 203% return ..

Currently, am holding a few porfolio which I hope will spearhead againt the market soon. This are infact "gems" that are not to be missed in this up cycle ...

Major correction around corner ?

How to identify if there is a major correction around the corner ? On analysis part, most down turn occur preceded with unusual high volumn. On that note, current volumn is relatively low. Having say that, there is no doubt some counter had in fact trend down even before the KLSE. As such, need to monitor and evaluate overall piture before get trap in a bear downturn.