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๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด


Over the weekend, Berkshire Hathaway $BRK.B (+0.58%) had their annual shareholder meeting. Here are a few key insights from the event!


๐—•๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜


Chevron $CVX (+0.59%) has entered Berkshire Hathawayโ€™s top 4 positions. The share price has rallied 30% this year, due to rising oil prices, but BHโ€™s position has increased fivefold, as a result of Buffettโ€™s buying into it.


๐ŸŸฅ $CVX (+0.59%) Chevron Corporation, $156.10 (๐Ÿ”ฝ-0.36%)*


๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป


Berkshire Hathaway has increased their stake in Activision Blizzard $ATVIas part of a merger arbitrage strategy. With a Microsoft takeover on the table, BH seeks to benefit from this, as Microsoft are offering more per share than $ATVI is currently trading, the difference being the control premium. BH now owns roughly 9.5% of $ATVI shares


๐ŸŸฉ $ATVI Activision Blizzard Inc, $77.74 (๐Ÿ”ผ+2.83%)*


๐—•๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป


Despite increasing acceptance from the traditional finance and investment world in recent years, Buffett has doubled down on his scepticism regarding the cryptocurrency Bitcoin $BTC (+0.82%) . He went as far as being quoted that he would not buy all the bitcoin in the world for $25, as he does not see Bitcoin as a โ€˜productive assetโ€™.


๐ŸŸฉ $BTC (+0.82%) Bitcoin, $38,582.20 (๐Ÿ”ผ+0.29%)


More from the annual event here: https://www.cnbc.com/brklive22/


๐ŸŸฉ $BRK.B (+0.58%) Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B, $323.13 (๐Ÿ”ผ+0.09%)


(Asset prices as of 13:45 CEST. *Pre-market prices)


What are your thoughts? Do you think these were the right strategic moves? Do you agree with Buffett and his stance on Bitcoin? Leave your thoughts and opinions in the comments ๐Ÿ‘‡

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Warren Buffet doesn't believe in bitcoin - do you?
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I don't agree with him on Bitcoin but I definitely get the Activision tactic!
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