The Latest Stock Buys And Sells From Bill Gates

Bill Gates and his latest stock buys and sells originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Today I would like to introduce you the latest stock buys and sells from Bill Gates.

Bill Gates is not only a self made billionaire who got his wealth from Microsoft. He is a much more diversified guy as you might think. A few years earlier, Bill Gates founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust which has a current portfolio value of around USD 17.8 billion.

The trust owns only 21 stocks of which around half of the value comes from the incurance company led by Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway. 

Financial service is a big theme for Bill Gates. Other important industries he prefers are defensive consumer stocks and industrials. All three sectors combined represent around 80.7 percent of Bill Gates's full asset allocation.

Bill Gates has a similar investment style like his friend Warren Buffett. He is a passive long-term investor but with some different ideas and views about stocks and earnings growth. Why should it be otherwise? He’s a old tech guy.

Last Quarter, Bill Gates made only one stock purchase and sold six companies. Five of them were closed completely. The biggest impact had the reduction of the current Berkshire stake which impacted his portfolio by 3.59 percent.

Five of his seven portfolio moves pay dividends.

Bill Gates’ Best Yielding Dividend Stocks | Biggest Bets Of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and their highest yielding dividend stock buys originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Bill Gates is a self-made billionaire and started to manage his investments by himself. 

He created the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust which has assets of USD 18.1 billion under management. The money is distributed on 26 stocks. Bill’s approach is similar to the investment philosophy of Warren Buffett but he has his own investment style and invested money into different stock holdings.

Within the recent quarter, Bill bought no new stocks. Today I like to show you the latest 20 stock picks and the biggest positions of the trust. Bill is a great believer of Warren Buffett and he holds around USD 8.4 billion in Berkshire Hathaway shares. Additional billion stakes are Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola FEMSA.

Of his 20 latest transactions are 16 unique and twelve of them pay dividends.

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Richard F. Aster - Meridian Value Q4/2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Richard F. Aster’s - Meridian Value - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he has 50 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 684,861,000.

William Von Mueffling - Cantillon Capital Management Q4-2011 Fund Portfolio

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William Von Mueffling’s fund positions as of Q4/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
GOOG - Google Inc.	13.89	Add 5.55%	$645.90
KO - Coca Cola Co.	13.2	Add 6.59%	$69.97
ADI - Analog Devices	11.58	Add 5.24%	$35.78
ORCL - Oracle Corp.	10.98	Add 6.51%	$25.65
PM - Philip Morris Intl.	9.79	Add 6.81%	$78.48
CL - Colgate-Palmolive	9.1	Add 5.26%	$92.39
WSH - Willis Group Holdings Plc	8.74	Add 6.81%	$38.80
SLH - Solera Holdings Inc.	4.1	Add 6.71%	$44.54
PCLN - Priceline.com Inc.	4.01	Buy	$467.71
BBD - Banco Bradesco	3.98	Add 6.77%	$16.68
ABV - Companhia De Bebidas	3.87	Add 6.71%	$36.09
WAT - Waters Corp.	2.82	Add 6.60%	$74.05
ALTR - Altera Corp.	2.32	Add 7.60%	$37.10
OPEN - OpenTable Inc.	1.1	Buy	$39.13
UL - Unilever PLC	0.28	0	$33.52
BTI - British American Tobacco plc	0.24	0	$94.88

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