Stock Going Ex Dividend in May 2022

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  The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex dividend during the next month.

Many traders and investors use the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the strategy of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works in bull markets and flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the strategy during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and some with yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the periodic dividend amount, and the yield.

Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BUD)	5/3/2022	0.407	0.95%
Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI)	5/5/2022	0.10	2.12%
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)	5/5/2022	0.25	2.29%
Walmart Inc. (WMT)	5/5/2022	0.56	1.46%
American Electric Power Co. (AEP)	5/9/2022	0.78	3.05%
Honeywell International Inc. (HON)	5/12/2022	0.98	2.06%
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX)	5/12/2022	0.49	2.63%
Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW)	5/12/2022	0.20	1.21%
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)	5/12/2022	0.88	4.13%
Amgen Inc. (AMGN)	5/16/2022	1.94	3.33%
Target Corporation (TGT)	5/17/2022	0.90	1.57%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)	5/23/2022	1.13	2.50%
The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC)	5/26/2022	0.40	3.75%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS)	5/31/2022	2.00	2.62%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found HERE . (If you have been to the page before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WSTNN.com HERE .

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written; affiliate links are on this page

Stocks Going Ex Dividend in May 2021

   Please note that this is a sister publication of WallStreetNewsNetwork ( https://WStNN.com ) and postings will end on this site shortly.  

  The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex dividend during the next month.

Many traders and investors use the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the strategy of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works in bull markets and flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the strategy during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and many with yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the periodic dividend amount.

Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BUD)	5/4/21	0.447	1.61%
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)	5/6/21	0.1	0.89%
Walmart Inc. (WMT)	5/6/21	0.55	1.57%
Amgen Inc. (AMGN)	5/14/21	1.76	3.00%
Consolidated Edison Inc (ED)	5/18/21	0.775	4.00%
Hershey Company (HSY)	5/20/21	0.804	1.96%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)	5/24/21	1.06	2.58%
Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT)	5/28/21	2.6	2.73%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found HERE . (If you have been to the page before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WStNN.com HERE . Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written; affiliate links.

Warren Buffett Sold 750,000 Shares of Apple, But It’s Still His Largest Holding

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by Fred Fuld III

Famous investor and multi-billionaire Warren Buffett has sold over 750,000 shares of Apple (AAPL) during the latest reported quarter, however it is still the largest holding in his Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) (BRKB) stock portfolio.

As a matter of fact, Apple makes up 26% of the Berkshire portfolio. He probably didn’t want to get too overweighted in the stock. He first started buying Apple shares near the beginning of 2016 at an average cost of about 150 per share.

Buffett also dumped shares of another stock, Wells Fargo (WFC). He liquidated over 31 million shares of the company, so now the stock makes up less than 9% of the Berkshire portfolio.

The Oracle of Omaha made no changes to the second and third largest holdings, Bank of America (BAC), and Coca-Cola (KO). Same with the fifth largest, American Express (AXP).

It is interesting to note that the above five mentioned stocks make up over 65% of the total Berkshire Hathaway stock portfolio.

If you want to see a list of all the stocks in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway stock portfolio, you can go to the following link:

Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway Stocks

Disclosure: Author owns AAPL, BRKB, BAC, & KO.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend in May 2018

Please note that this is a sister publication of WallStreetNewsNetwork ( http://WStNN.com ) and eventually everything on this site will be transferred over there.

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the quarterly dividend amount, and annual yield.

Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)	5/3/2018	0.39
Citigroup Inc. (C)	5/4/2018	0.32
Intel Corporation (INTC)	5/4/2018	0.3
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (CAKE)	5/9/2018	0.29
International Business Machines (IBM)	5/9/2018	1.57
GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK)	5/10/2018	0.525
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)	5/11/2018	0.82
Target Corporation (TGT)	5/15/2018	0.62
Amgen Inc. (AMGN)	5/16/2018	1.32
Visa Inc. (V)	5/17/2018	0.21
Aflac Incorporated (AFL)	5/22/2018	0.26
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS)	5/30/2018	0.8
Bank of America Corporation (BAC)	5/31/2018	0.12
Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT)	5/31/2018	2

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at HEREor WStNN.com. Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions: Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of February

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks.

WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the quarterly dividend amount, and the annual yield.

Brown & Brown, Inc. (BRO)	2/1/2023	0.135	1.16%
D.R. Horton, Inc. (DHI)	2/1/2026	0.1	1.10%
Heidrick & Struggles Intl (HSII)	2/1/2034	0.13	2.32%
Norfolk Souther Corporation (NSC)	2/1/2040	0.61	1.96%
Pfizer, Inc. (PFE)	2/1/2044	0.32	3.82%
Progressive Corporation (The) (PGR)	2/1/2045	0.681	2.34%
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)	2/1/2054	0.38	2.68%
Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI)	2/2/2023	0.17	1.08%
Citigroup Inc. (C)	2/2/2024	0.16	0.74%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WStNN.com. Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List
Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Next Week's Corporate Stock Earnings Reports

Looking for some interesting moves in some stocks this week? Check out the companies that will be reporting earnings this week.

If earnings exceed analysts' expectations, the stocks can shoot up. If the numbers underperform, the stock can tank. Then again, occasionally, stocks don't move the way you would have expected.

Anyway, many traders use earnings plays for trading strategies. Also, option traders look for high implied volatility of stocks for for option selling strategies.

Here are many of the stocks reporting earnings this week:

Monday

AA
OZRK
VOXX

Tuesday

AIR
ADTN
FAST
GMS

Wednesday

ANGO
CBSH
CSX
DRW
SAR
YUM

Thursday

BLK
DAL
FRC
JPM
PGR
REGN

Friday

C
SJR
USB
WFC

If you like interesting stock lists like this, be sure to check out many of the free stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of February

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends,' also commonly referred to as 'Dividend Capture.' This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.

First Energy	FE	2/3/2016	4.49%
First Niagara Financial	FNFG	2/3/2016	3.36%
Genie Energy Ltd	GNE	2/3/2016	2.87%
Idacorp	IDA	2/3/2016	3.05%
Intel Corp	INTC	2/3/2016	3.47%
MetLife	MET	2/3/2016	3.45%

MOCON Inc.	MOCO	2/3/2016	3.32%
Norfolk Southern	NSC	2/3/2016	3.43%
Oritani Financial Corp	ORIT	2/3/2016	4.29%
Pfizer	PFE	2/3/2016	3.91%
Sunoco LP	SUN	2/3/2016	9.13%
Teekay LNG Partners L.P.	TGP	2/3/2016	5.00%
United Financial Bancorp	UBNK	2/3/2016	4.24%
Wells Fargo	WFC	2/3/2016	3.11%
American Campus Commun.	ACC	2/4/2016	3.87%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com. Most of the lists are free. 

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List
Record date: the day when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

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Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

You Can Buy Stocks at a 20% Discount from the Current Price

Do you realize that it is possible to buy Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A), Wells Fargo (WFC), Wal-Mart (WMT), Cisco (CSCO), and Chevron (CVX) at a 20% discount to their current trading prices? Here is how. 

You can invest in closed end funds, also known as CEFs, that are trading at a discount from Net Asset Value, also known as NAV. The NAV is similar to the book value of stocks. In other words the NAV is calculated by adding up all the stocks in the portfolio, and dividing that amount by the number of outstanding shares.

A closed end fund is similar to a regular mutual fund except that they trade throughout the day while the market is open and the trading price of the CEFs can fluctuate way above or way below the NAV. In addition, the number of shares is fixed. There are over 20 closed end funds that are trading at a discount of over 20% of their net asset value, according to the free list at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. Many investors invest in these discounted CEFs in the hopes that the gap between NAV and price per share will eventually narrow.

One example is Boulder Growth and Income Fund (BIF) managed by Boulder Investment Advisors. The fund is trading at a 21.8% discount to net asset value and based on their latest stockholdings, owns all the stocks listed in the first paragraph above along with Caterpillar (CAT), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Orace (ORCL), and many there stocks that are considered Blue Chip. The expense ratio is 1.72%.

Another deeply discounted CEF is Central Securities (CET), which is trading at a 19% discount to NAV. The fund's stockholdings include Intel (INTC), Citigroup (C), and Rainier (RYN). Investors should be aware that over 21% of the portfolio's assets are invested in The Plymouth Rock Company, which is not publicly traded. The fund's expense ratio is 0.67% and pays an income yield of about 2%.

However, there are several risks. First, the gap may exist for a long time, and can even widen. Second, the gap could theoretically narrow but the stocks in the portfolio could drop, so the fund would drop in price also. Third, and probably most important, is that many CEFs hold illiquid, private, or non-trading stocks, and the NAV is based on how the company valuates those shares, which may be a much higher value than what they could get if they tried to liquidate those stocks. Plus, some funds may own real estate or mortgages, which are very hard to value.

Sometimes activist shareholders buy up a large amount of shares of heavily discounted CEFs and force the liquidation of those CEFs, in order to realize the net asset value. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has come up with a free downloadable Excel database of over 20 CEFs trading at a discount of at least 15% to NAV. Before investing in any of these, check out the web site of the CEFs  to see what  stocks they own, and how many are invested in illiquid shares.

Hopefully, you can find bargain priced stocks in a closed end fund.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

How to Get Wells Fargo Bank to Pay You 6% on Your Money

Do you have an account at Wells Fargo Bank, or one of the other major banks? If you have a savings account, you are earning 0.01%. That is not one percent, it's not one tenth of a percent. It is one one hundredth of a percent! And this is being paid on what the bank calls its High Yield Savings account.

Of course, you can boost your yield all the way up to 0.50%; that's a half a percent. But you have to tie up your money for 58 months, which is almost five years.

So what are your other options? You can buy the Wells Fargo (WFC) stock, which pays a yield of 2.5%. But if you want a really high yield, you should consider the Wells Fargo 7.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Series L Preferred Stock (WFC-PL). The stock, which currently sells for $1,207 a share, pays $75 per share per year, giving it a current yield of 6.2%.


This preferred stock also has an upside kicker. It is convertible into 6.38 shares, which means that if the common stock rises above 189 per share, the preferred shares will move up above its current price. Obviously, the common stock is way below that price at 56 per share, but it is a benefit.

One other advantage that the preferred stock has over the common shares is that if the company goes out of business, the preferred shareholders are paid off before the common shareholders.

Here are the risks. First, the preferred stock isn't very liquid, with a trading volume of only five or six thousand shares a day. Second, and much more important, is the interest rate risk. When interest rates go up, the preferred stock will drop. If you are willing to accept the risk, this may be an investment option for you. If you like interesting stocks like this, check out the many free stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above when the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Warren Buffett's 5 Largest Stock Holdings

Want to be a successful investor? Then maybe you should follow in the footsteps of the top successful investor and billionaire, Warren Buffett. Top money managers come and go but Buffett and his company, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) have stood the test of time. That's how he became the richest, second richest, and third richest man in the world, depending on what day it is. (He takes turns with Bill Gates and Carlos Slim.)

So there are a couple ways of doing what Buffett does.

1. You can buy Berkshire stock, if you want to pay $193,600 per share.

2. You can buy the B Shares of Berkshire (BRK-B) which are trading around $129 per share.

3. You can look at Buffett's holdings and pick and choose what you think are his best holdings.

4. Or last but not least, and the easiest way, instead of second guessing Warren, is to just invest in his five largest holdings.

So what are the 'big five'?

Wells Fargo (WFC)
Berkshire owns $23 billion of this stock

Coca Cola (KO)
$15.4 billion ownership or 14.6% of the company's outstanding shares

American Express (AXP)
$13.6 billion ownership or 12.9%

IBM (IBM)
$13 billion ownership or 12.1%

Wal-Mart (WMT)
$4.4 billion ownership or 4.2%

Now you know how to invest like a billionaire.

To see more of Warren Buffett's stockholdings, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author owns KO.

By Stockerblog.com

Warren Buffett's Top 3 Stocks

The head of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A), Warren Buffett, is one of the three richest men in the world, in competition on a regular basis with Bill Gates and Carlos Slim. Buffett made his wealth the old fashion way, from investing. He has had a stellar long term performance with his investment portfolio, that many investors try to emulate.

Berkshire Hathaway currently has over 40 stocks in its portfolio, according to the free list of Warren Buffett stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. One way to tell what stocks Buffett likes best in his portfolio is to look at his largest holdings.

Buffett has investedover $20 billion in Wells Fargo (WFC), making up 20% of the Berkshire portfolio.  Wells trades at 12 times trailing earnings, and 11 times forward earnings. Net earnings for the latest quarter rose 10.2% on a 0.9% rise in revenues. The stock pays a yield of 2.5%, a lot more than what they pay on their savings accounts.

Buffett's second largest holding is Coca Cola (KO), with $16.5 billion invested at 15.7% of the portfolio. Coke trades at 20 times earnings with a forward price to earnings ratio of 17. Earnings dropped for the latest quarter, down 8.4%. The company has a dividend payout rate of 3.2%.

In third place is American Express (AXP). This credit card and travel company has a PE of 19, and forward PE of 15. Earnings for the latest quarter jumped by an amazing 105%, on a 6.9% revenue increase.The yield is 1.0%.

For a list of all the other Warren Buffett stocks, which includes PE ratios and yields, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

The Latest Dividend Boosters

The stock market is rising and more and more companies are raising their dividends. Unemployment is down, and it appears that the economy is improving. When a stock raises its dividend, it is always a good sign. Here are some that have boosted their dividends recently.

CMS Energy increased the quarterly dividend on the company's common stock by 6 percent

Parker Hannifin Corporation (PH) increased its quarterly dividend by 5%

GATX Corporation (GMT) increased its dividend by 3.3%

NGL Energy Partners (NGL) has bumped up its dividend by about 2%

Old National Bancorp (ONB) declared an increase in its quarterly common stock dividend of 11.1%

First Horizon National Corp. (FHN) announced Wednesday a quarterly dividend increase to 5 cents from 1 cent per share

Harleysville Savings Financial Corp. raised its dividend by more than 10%

Realty Income Corporation (O) declared a 19.2% increase in the company’s common stock monthly cash dividend

Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) raised up its quarterly common stock dividend by 14%

If you like stock lists like this, such as a list of stocks going ex-dividend, beer stocks, candy stocks, or coffee stocks, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Dumps Nike, B of A, and Comcast

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B), the company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, has decided to to eliminate a couple of high profile names from its portfolio, including Nike (NKE), Bank of America (BAC), and Comcast (CMCSK). Buffett also got rid of Lowes (LOW), Becton Dickinson, (BDX), Nalco Holding (NLC), and Fiserv (FISV).

Also, he sold off all 3.4 million shares of Nestle (NSRGY.PK). After all, Berkshire Hathaway doesn't need it since it owns See's Candies. If you've never tried See's, you need to try the candy once if you get to the western United States. (Berkshire owns the entire See's company so you can't buy stock in it. You will just have to buy Berkshire shares if you want a piece of that candy.)

In case you think Buffett is soured on the market, since he eliminated eight of his positions, he has made a couple purchases, adding to positions of existing holdings.

Buffett bought 6.2 million additional shares of Wells Fargo (WFC), and is currently Berkshire's second largest holding. Wells trades at 9.3 times forward earnings and pays a yield of 0.6%. Earnings for the latest quarter were up 20.9% year over year.

The third largest holding of Berkshire is American Express (AXP). Buffett increased his holdings in this large financial institution by a whopping 149.6 million shares. American Express has a forward price to earnings ratio of 11.2 and sports a yield of 1.6%. Earnings for the latest quarter were up 48.3% versus the same quarter last year.

To see a free list of all the latest holdings of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, which can be downloaded, sorted, and updated, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. The stocks on this list have yields ranging up to 6.4%.

Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above stocks at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Many Ways to Invest in Berkshire Hathaway

Warren Buffett's famous Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A), the highest priced stock and one of the most successful companies during the last half-century, recently announced a stock split to take place next year that would divide its Class B shares (BRK-B) at a ratio of 50 to one. The B shares currently represent 1/30th of the value of the Class A shares and have 1/200th of the per-share voting rights. After the split, this would put the B shares at a little less than $68 per share, based on the recent price. Until the split, there are other ways to invest in Berkshire Hathaway.

A second way to invest in the stock is by owning shares in the Sequoia Fund (SEQUX), a mutual fund with a large position in Berkshire Hathaway. Over 20% of their portfolio is invested in the stock. Some of the other stocks in their portfolio include:
IDEXX Labs (IDXX)
TJX (TJX)
Martin Marietta (MLM)
Fastenal (FAST)
Mohawk Industries (MHK)
Expeditors International (EXPD)
O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY)
The minimum investment in Sequoia is $5,000.

A third way to invest is by investing in the Fairholme Fund (FAIRX) which has a little over 4% of their portfolio invested in the Berkshire B shares (BRK-B). Although the concentration is not as significant as Sequoia, it is the number six holding in the portfolio. Fairholme's other major holdings along with the percent of the portfolio that each one makes up include:
Pfizer (PFE) 14%
Sears (SHLD) 8.8%
St. Joe (JOE) 6.7%
Americredit (ACF) 5%
Forest Labs (FRX) 4.6%
Minimum investment is $2500.

Markel Corp. (MKL) is an insurance company that many consider to be a mini-Berkshire, especially since it has over $90 million worth of Berkshire Hathaway, a little over 4% of their net worth.

There are other funds that have around two percent of their portfolio in Berkshire, such as Legg Mason ClearBridge Appreciation A (SHAPX) but the percentage isn't enough to be a close play on Berkshire.

One other option is to create a portfolio that emulates Berkshire's holdings of publicly traded stocks, however, this wouldn't cover Berkshire's holdings of non-public stocks. In addition, it would involve purchasing many different stocks, so you would be better off just buying the Class B shares. But if you just want to pick and choose the "best" of Berkshire's holdings, here is the list of some of their major stockholdings:

American Express Co. (AXP)
The Coca-Cola Company (KO)
ConocoPhillips (COP)
ExxonMobile (XOM)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Kraft (KFT)
Moody’s Corporation (MCO)
Procter & Gamble Co. (PG)
US Bancorp (USB)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT)
The Washington Post Company (WPO)
Wells Fargo (WFC)
Wesco Financial Corporation (WSC)

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Author owns PFE.