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After We gave information first Last week Berkshire sold its remaining stake Bide Earlier this year, the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer confirmed the news and thanked Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger for believing in the company.
In a post on Chinese social media site Weibo, byd public relation executive Lee Unfei wroteAs translated by google:
“In August 2022, Berkshire began to gradually reduce its holdings of the company’s shares in 2008, and by last June, its share was reduced by 5%… Investing in shares, both include both purchases and sales, which are completely normal … We are accompanied by BDDs for the recognition of Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett.
The byd dolphin surf electric cars are placed for the site where BYD car manufacturer Berlin holds a vehicle presentation program on May 21, 2025 in Germany.
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BYD Executive Vice President Stella Lee, CNBC is visible on Europe Use of Middle East This weekIn love with Buffett and Munger, “Beed” and its management, echoed the Weibo Post, but “they are investors, so buying and selling naturally is their business, so it’s not because they do not like us.”
And Roots Citation As a special advisor of Byd, Alfredo Altavilla, as Buffett “made 20 times more profit, what he had invested. He did great to do what he did.”
“We are very happy that Buffett (as an investor), but the fact that he (UK spelling) mudgery, his position actually does Berkshire Hathaway for a living: purchase, earning and sale.”
However, investors from all over the world were not accepting.
In Hong Kong, BYD shares fell more than 6% this week.
Second Japanese stake top is 10%
While Berkshire is shutting down its Chinese investment, it continues to expand Japanese’s holding “”trading house“stock.
This week, Mitsui said in News release It was “informed” by Berkshire that “they now have 10% or more voting rights in Mitsui as a result of additional acquisition of our shares.”
However, it was not known that Berkshire now owns the exact number of shares.
One in March 17 revealedBerkshire reported a 9.8% stake of 285,401,400 Mitsui shares. Their value at today will be around $ 7.3 billion.
Last last month, a Mitsui officer told Roots Berkshire increased his stake but refused to give one percent.
At the same time, Mitsubishi said in Regulator filing Berkshire’s stake had increased from 9.7% to 10.2%.
We did not hear anything about three other Japanese holdings of Berkshire, Etochu, MarubeniAnd SumitomoBut it would not be surprising to know that those bets have also gone above 10%.
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Berkshire’s Top Stock Holdings – September 26, 2025
Berkshire’s top holding of shares made publicly in the US and Japan, depending on the prices of today’s closing, based on market price.
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The complete list of holdings and current market values is available from CNBC.com Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio Tracker,
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Improvement: In this article, the year-by-year returns of BYD shares have been corrected.
