Buying the fall: Warren Buffet increased his stake in a key sector by 16%

Buying the fall: Warren Buffet increased his stake in a key sector by 16%

after shopping, Berkshire now owns about 152.7 million shares of Occidental worth about $8.52 billion even though its value has fallen more than 21% since hitting a year’s high in May.

However, Occidental’s share prices are currently up more than 90% this year, after more than doubling as they benefited from Berkshire purchases and rising oil prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Berkshire is Occidental’s largest single shareholder. The company also has options to buy 83.9 million shares of Occidental which, if exercised, would raise its stake to more than 25%.

Berkshire is investing heavily in 2022. It spent $51.1 billion on stocks in the first quarter, including a larger $25.9 billion stake in oil company Chevron Corp. Analysts have seen Occidental and Chevron as a way for Berkshire to benefit from rising oil prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Source: Ambito

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