Warren Buffett’s Latest Stock Picks And His Biggest Portfolio Holdings

Warren Buffett’s latest dividend stock picks and his big portfolio picture originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. 

Everybody loves Warren Buffett and when he releases his portfolio statements, all investors jump on this paper and try to figure out what he is doing.

In this article I will summarize the latest stock buys and sells of Warren Buffett's Bershire Hathaway and his latest portfolio overview.

Within the recent quarter, Warren made only 13 trades of which nine come from the long side. He bought two new companies and increased seven additional stock holdings in his portfolio. The new stocks were Dish Network and Suncor Energy.

The only stake he sold completely was the newspaper publisher Gannett.  Kraft Foods, Moody’s and Mondelez were reduced within the recent quarter.

Nothing changed much in Warren's Portfolio

In total, Warren did not change much. The stock with the highest influence to his portfolio pocket change was the bank U.S. Bancorp. The Oracle of Omaha increased the position by 27.37 percent which resulted in an portfolio impact of 0.69 percent.

You can find a full list of his latest transactions below. Ten of his 13 latest stock moves pay dividends and the yields are between 0.33 and 3.84.

Warren Buffett concentrates money on big dividend companies

Back to Warren’s biggest portfolio positions. Warren concentrates most of his wealth on four assets: Wells Fargo, Coca Cola, IBM and American Express. These fantastic four represent around 67 percent of his full portfolio value. On the attached list, you can see more details about his 20 biggest stock positions. Financial Services, Consumer defensive stocks and technology are the biggest sector in which Warren Buffett loves to invest.

These 42 Stocks Planning To Pay More Dividends

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Last week, around 42 companies announced a high dividend. I published all stocks with dividend growth from the recent week in the attached dividend list. In average, stocks from the list of the latest dividend growth stocks have increased their dividend payments by 15.51 percent.

It’s always good to see how the dividend growth strategy works. Some of the dividend growers have raised their payments forty times and more. The biggest names come from the oil and gas sector. Eni and Total are the two biggest stocks followed by the British spirit maker Diageo.

Five of the results have a double-digit dividend yield and seven yielding above five percent. Analysts and brokerage firms recommend more than half, 26 in total, of the dividend growth stocks.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On June 27, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

                                                                                                                                                      

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks June 27, 2013. In total, 28 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 8 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.49%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Liberty Property Trust	LRY	4.24B	35.02	1.97	6.10	5.32%
CBL & Associates Properties	CBL	3.41B	30.55	2.54	3.23	4.36%
Air Products & Chemicals Inc.	APD	19.72B	19.04	3.10	1.97	3.00%
Republic Services, Inc.	RSG	12.14B	22.17	1.57	1.49	2.81%
CubeSmart	CUBE	2.10B	-	2.12	7.05	2.79%
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.	AEO	3.49B	14.60	2.89	1.01	2.76%
Cardinal Health, Inc.	CAH	15.90B	13.92	2.33	0.16	2.59%
Ingredion Incorporated	INGR	4.90B	11.18	1.97	0.75	2.40%
Dell Inc.	DELL	23.48B	12.67	2.19	0.41	2.38%
Choice Hotels International Inc.	CHH	2.28B	19.89	-	3.27	1.87%
Mondelez International, Inc.	MDLZ	51.06B	28.91	1.60	1.45	1.82%
EMC Corporation	EMC	49.72B	19.23	2.19	2.26	1.69%
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.	AFSI	2.30B	11.10	1.96	1.14	1.63%
State Street Corp.	STT	29.46B	15.04	1.45	10.03	1.60%
HCC Insurance Holdings Inc.	HCC	4.18B	10.32	1.17	1.64	1.56%
Raymond James Financial Inc.	RJF	5.86B	18.25	1.69	1.30	1.32%
Wolverine World Wide Inc.	WWW	2.51B	32.47	3.73	1.28	0.92%

Bill Ackman’s Highest Yielding Dividend Stock Bets And His Complete Portfolio

Bill Ackman’s latest portfolio transactions and his biggest positions originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Some of you might know Bill Ackman because of the phone battle against Carl Icahn on CNBC. He is an activist with around USD 10 billion in assets under management. In his management company “Pershing Square Capital” he has only 10 stock holdings.

As an activist, Ackman tries to increase pressure on the management of a company in order to implement own visions of the company’s future. Nearly half of his positions have voting rights over 10 percent.

His main investment focus is on defensive stocks from the consumer and industrial sector. Around 70 percent of his exposure is related to these two sectors.

Below is a small list of Bill Ackman’s latest Portfolio transactions. He is a lazy guy. Last quarter, he bought only one stock and he needed more than a year to complete his latest 20 transactions.

From his 20 latest transactions are 12 unique positions of which 10 pay dividends. Dividend payments are not in focus of Ackman’s investment strategy. Only one company yields above the 3 percent mark.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On March 27, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks March 27, 2013. In total, 28 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 10 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.51%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Dynex Capital Inc.	DX	591.76M	8.08	0.96	5.21	10.63%
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc	SRC	1.63B	-	1.30	5.75	6.52%
Realty Income Corp.	O	8.57B	58.17	2.45	18.03	4.91%
Liberty Property Trust	LRY	4.75B	37.82	2.25	6.93	4.78%
Hersha Hospitality Trust	HT	1.16B	-	1.40	3.23	4.12%
CBL & Associates Properties	CBL	3.81B	35.22	2.87	3.68	3.90%
Prudential plc	PUK	41.98B	12.48	2.68	0.50	3.81%
Maiden Holdings, Ltd.	MHLD	770.55M	16.89	0.76	0.41	3.38%
BankUnited, Inc.	BKU	2.66B	12.62	1.36	3.69	3.25%
Republic Services, Inc.	RSG	11.84B	21.06	1.53	1.46	2.88%
CubeSmart	CUBE	2.11B	-	2.10	7.45	2.79%
Cardinal Health, Inc.	CAH	14.33B	12.74	2.19	0.14	2.62%
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	PEB	1.55B	210.00	1.17	4.07	2.54%
Dell Inc.	DELL	25.35B	10.75	2.36	0.45	2.21%
ProAssurance Corporation	PRA	2.87B	10.48	1.27	4.02	2.14%
International Bancshares	IBOC	1.39B	14.85	0.97	3.69	1.94%
State Street Corp.	STT	27.10B	14.19	1.30	8.99	1.75%
Mondelez International, Inc.	MDLZ	53.14B	34.74	1.65	1.52	1.74%
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.	AFSI	2.34B	12.70	2.05	1.25	1.61%
HCC Insurance Holdings Inc.	HCC	4.18B	10.85	1.18	1.65	1.59%