13F filing recap · Q4 1999

What did Berkshire Hathaway Inc buy in Q4 1999?

Reported stock-position changes between this filing and the previous one.

Stock value

$37.53B

Positions

Estimated turnover

4.4%

Turnover is a proxy: verified trade-origin share changes valued at period-end and divided by average reported stock value. SEC holdings reports do not disclose execution dates or prices. Corporate actions and unreconciled activity are excluded.

New positions

GATXGatx Corp$88.91Mreported value+2.63M shares RNBRepublic New York Corporation$11.45Mreported value+159.0K shares

Increased positions

USBUS Bancorp$508.74Mreported value+6.71M shares+45.8%CCitigroup Inc$448.97Mreported value+3.40M shares+72.9%CBChubb Limited$446.16Mreported value+662.6K shares+9.1%DNBDun & Bradstreet Corp$357.62Mreported value+11.77M shares

Reduced positions

FDCFirst Data Corp$542.21Mreported value-1.40M shares-11.3%DISWalt Disney Co/$355.41Mreported value-7.82M shares-39.2%NKENike, Inc.$304.20Mreported value-100.0K shares-1.6%GDGeneral Dynamics Corp$262.37Mreported value-196.5K shares

Exited positions

COXCox Communications, Inc.$77.83Mprior reported value-1.86M shares-100.0%RHIRobert Half Inc.$23.75Mprior reported value-1.00M shares-100.0%MSFTMicrosoft Corporation$16.86Mprior reported value-167.5K shares-100.0%WDRWaddell & Reed Financial, Inc.$3.47Mprior reported value