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Thursday, August 22, 2013

George Soros Biggest Dividend Stock Buys And His Latest Portfolio

Georges Soros latest dividend stock moves and his asset allocation originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. George Soros is a legendary and speculative driven hedge fund manager. He manages around $9.22 billion in his asset vehicle Soros Fund Management LLC. The money is invested in over 200 companies.

George Soros is a very active Trader. He bought 59 new companies, around 30 percent of his total assets. Half of his latest big stock purchases pay a dividend. The most important changes were made within the technology and cyclical consumer goods sector. 


He changed assets in this category with impact to his portfolio of around 8.7 percent or net 7.4 percent. Also important areas where he put money in were communication services and defensive consumer stocks. The 20 biggest stock purchases had an impact to his portfolio of around 14 percent.

George Soros is an unpredictable investor. He jumps on everything he believes to make money with. The positive thing is that he is a much diversified guy. 


None of his stock assets is too big to be over weighted. The biggest position has a 3.8 percent portfolio share. His 20 top stock positions represent only 31.5% of his portfolio value, including ETFs, the ratio rises to 47.7 percent.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Warren Buffett’s Latest Stock Picks And His Biggest Portfolio Holdings

Warren Buffett’s latest dividend stock picks and his big portfolio picture originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com

Everybody loves Warren Buffett and when he releases his portfolio statements, all investors jump on this paper and try to figure out what he is doing.

In this article I will summarize the latest stock buys and sells of Warren Buffett's Bershire Hathaway and his latest portfolio overview.

Within the recent quarter, Warren made only 13 trades of which nine come from the long side. He bought two new companies and increased seven additional stock holdings in his portfolio. The new stocks were Dish Network and Suncor Energy.

The only stake he sold completely was the newspaper publisher Gannett.  Kraft Foods, Moody’s and Mondelez were reduced within the recent quarter.


Nothing changed much in Warren's Portfolio


In total, Warren did not change much. The stock with the highest influence to his portfolio pocket change was the bank U.S. Bancorp. The Oracle of Omaha increased the position by 27.37 percent which resulted in an portfolio impact of 0.69 percent.

You can find a full list of his latest transactions below. Ten of his 13 latest stock moves pay dividends and the yields are between 0.33 and 3.84.


Warren Buffett concentrates money on big dividend companies


Back to Warren’s biggest portfolio positions. Warren concentrates most of his wealth on four assets: Wells Fargo, Coca Cola, IBM and American Express. These fantastic four represent around 67 percent of his full portfolio value. On the attached list, you can see more details about his 20 biggest stock positions. Financial Services, Consumer defensive stocks and technology are the biggest sector in which Warren Buffett loves to invest.

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