Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company owned by Warren Buffett, is set to release its 13F filing for the fourth quarter later today. The filing, which is required for institutional investors managing over $100 million, discloses their equity holdings to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing only reflects what the company held at the end of the previous quarter, but it provides insight into how prominent money managers are approaching the market. Companies that Berkshire opens new positions in often see a boost in their shares.
The 13F filing will reveal the pace of Berkshire's investments in the fourth quarter. In the third quarter, the company spent about $9 billion buying stocks and sold $5.3 billion worth of stocks. This was more than it spent in the second quarter but significantly less than the first quarter of 2022, when Berkshire invested tens of billions of dollars into stocks, particularly in the energy sector.
The 13F filing will also show if Berkshire added to its bet on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Berkshire bought 60 million shares of TSMC in the third quarter, making the chip maker one of its top 10 stockholdings. Additionally, the filing will provide information on Berkshire's financial stocks, including any changes to its holdings in Bank of America, American Express, US Bancorp, and Bank of New York Mellon.
In afternoon trading, both Berkshire Hathaway Class A and Class B shares were down less than 1%.
