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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: DTB ✶  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: What recent Berkshire security do you like best_QM
Date: 09/09/25 11:23 AM
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Possibly no indevidual on, but I'm guessing as a group they would qualify - and are excelling:

8001:tyo Itochu Corp
8002:tyo Marubeni Corp
8031:tyo Mitsui
8053:tyo Sumitomo
8058:tyo Mitsubishi

Between them, they cover a vast proportion of the Japanese export economy.


Yes, I like these too, and I coat-tailed 0.2% stakes in 3 of them in May 2025, up 21% on average since then.

I didn't put them in my list because they were mostly bought in 2019. But Buffett did buy a fair bit more at the beginning of this year, increasing his stakes by about 10-20%, and now owns about 10% of each, and perhaps a bit more, since they have all allowed him to go somewhat beyond the previous 10% limit.

After this last known increase, they represented 2.6%, 1.2%, 2.3%, 1.1% and 3.0%. So they are quite big investments, and even the increases would qualify as significant (>0.2%). Combined, they now represent about 10% of the $303b investment portfolio, about the size of the #3 holding (Bank of America). For comparison, #1 Apple was at 22% at the end of June, and #2 American Express was at 16%, with #4 Coca-Cola at 9%.

I have not counted subsequent share price movements, but it is worth noting that these sogo shosha are all up another 17-28% since June 30, so they probably represent an even higher share now.
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