Buffett halves its Apple holdings! In the second quarter, Berkshire Hathaway cleared its position in Snowflake, increased shareholding in Occidental Petroleum, and unexpectedly established a position in cosmetic stocks.
In Q2, Berkshire Hathaway reduced its holdings of the top-heavy stock Apple by nearly 0.39 billion shares, valued at 82 billion USD; cleared out 6.12 million shares of Snowflake, valued at 0.84 billion USD; the fifth largest holding Chevron reduced its holdings by 4.37 million shares, valued at 0.68 billion USD; the stock with the largest increase was the sixth largest holding Occidental Petroleum, with an increase of 7.26 million shares, valued at nearly 0.46 billion USD, far beyond the 4.3 million shares increased in the first quarter, followed by Chubb Ltd, which increased its holdings by more than 1.1 million shares; Ulta Beauty, a new makeup company, entered the market with 0.69 million shares.
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