According to documents released by the US Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC), Buffett ‘s Berkshire Hathaway sold Bank of New York
Mellon’s share worth of more than US$30 million on Tuesday and
Wednesday. Before the US stock market slump in early March, Buffett
increased his holding of the Bank's shares by US$359 million.
In view of BNY Mellon's stock price trend, Buffett had sold the shares
at a loss. As Berkshire Hathaway's 11th largest stock holding, BNY
Mellon's stock fell 25.7% during the year, rendering Buffett more than
US$1 billion of loss so far.To get more news about
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Data shows that year to date, Buffett ‘s Berkshire Hathaway has lost
US$46.5 billion(equivalence of ¥325.5 billion), or 19% of the company's
total stock positions. Among Berkshire Hathaway's stock holdings, Bank
of America, Wells Fargo Bank, Apple, American Express, United Bank of
America, Delta Air Lines, Coca-Cola, JPMorgan Chase, United Airlines,
Kraft Heinz and BNY Mellon all saw losses of over US$ 1 billion, with
over US$ 6 billion of loss in the company’s no.1 holding Apple. Only
less than 10 companies' shares, including Moody s, Amazon, Costco,
Biogene, and Teva Pharmaceuticals, had been profitable.