Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought Verizon and Chevron. This is what Else Traded did.

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway

they recently made major changes to their portfolio, as well as purchases

Verizon Communications

and

Chevron,

and selling some

Apple

stock.

In the fourth quarter, Berkshire (ticker:

BRK.B.

) added to posts in

Merck

(MRK),

Squibb Bristol-Myers

(BMY), and

AbbVie

(ABBV), and invested in

Pfizer

(PFE). The Buffett company continued to cut back as well

Wells Fargo

(WFC) stock and sell everything

PNC Financial Services

(PNC) sections. Elsewhere, Berkshire bought more

Kroger

(KR) and gave his investment in

General motors

(GM).

The Buffett company showed the stock trades, among others, in a form it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Berkshire Hathaway did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the investment changes.

The company increased its investments in Merck, Bristol-Myers, and AbbVie 28.1% to 28.7 million shares, 11.2% to 33.3 million shares, and 20% to 25.5 million shares, respectively. Berkshire Hathaway sold all 3.7 million Pfizer shares in the fourth quarter they were at the end of the third.

Berkshire Hathaway dropped its Wells Fargo share 59% to 52.4 million shares, and sold its 1.9 million PNC shares.

Buffett’s company increased interest in the Kroger grocery 34.3%, ending 2020 with 33.5 million shares. Berkshire slipped its GM share by 9.4% to 72.5 million shares.

Inside Scoop is Barron’s regular feature covering stock deals with corporate officers and board members – so-called attackers – as well as major shareholders, politicians and other celebrities. Because of their internal status, these investors are required to declare stock trading with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory bodies..

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