13F filing recap · Q4 2008

What did Berkshire Hathaway Inc buy in Q4 2008?

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

Stock value

$51.87B

Positions

Estimated turnover

8.2%

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

CEGConstellation Energy Group Inc$499.22Mreported value+19.90M shares NLCNalco Holding Company$100.85Mreported value+8.74M shares

Increased positions

BNIBurlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation$5.31Breported value+6.30M shares+9.9%NRGNrg Energy, Inc$167.98Mreported value+2.20M shares+44.0%ETNEaton Corporation Plc$159.07Mreported value+291.3K shares+10.0%IRIngersoll-Rand Company Limited$135.03Mreported value+2.15M shares

Reduced positions

WFCWells Fargo & Company/mn$8.55Breported value-162.8K shares-0.1%PGProcter & Gamble Co$5.95Breported value-9.53M shares-9.0%COPConocophillips$4.14Breported value-4.06M shares-4.8%JNJJohnson & Johnson$1.71Breported value-33.14M shares

Exited positions

BUDAnheuser-Busch Inbev Sa/nv$898.26Mprior reported value-13.85M shares-100.0%