Warren Buffett’s Latest Buys and Sells | Berkshire Hathaway Q1/2013 Fund Portfolio

Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway Q1/2013 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Recently, Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha published his first quarter results and released the recent buys and sells.

Below is a current portfolio update of Warren Buffett’s - Berkshire Hathaway - portfolio movements as of Q1/2013 (March 31, 2013). In total, he has 41 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 85,001,344,000. Buffett bought two new companies and added nine additional stocks to his fund. The most important buys were Wells Fargo and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company.

In return, Buffett reduced three stocks and closed two positions completely. The biggest changer on the short side was General Dynamics.

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week | Fiscal Cliff Matters

I love dividends and dividend growth stocks. That’s the main reason why I make a regular screen of the latest stocks with dividend growth on my blog “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. I believe that those companies could have a well running business and could have a better performance in the long-run. Below is a current list of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 56 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 37 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 129.26 percent.

22 of the dividend growth stocks/funds from last week are currently recommended to buy. Last Week’s dividend hikes are also affected by the fiscal cliff. Companies try to hedge against automated tax increases on dividends and pay extraordinary dividends before 2013.

Buy Big Dividend Paying Stocks - Warren Buffett’s Best Yielding Fund Holdings

Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway Q3/2012 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Buying big dividend stocks is one of my favorite claims. A great investor who followed this approach successfully is Warren Buffett. I made a list of his best yielding stocks from his latest reported billionaire’s fund - Berkshire Hathaway. From his 38 stocks pay 28 dividends. The highest yielding stock is GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a British drug company. Its dividend yield is 5.32 percent. The top stocks are a mix of drugs, oil & gas and newspaper businesses.

As of Q3/2012 (September 30, 2012), Warren Buffett’s has 38 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 75.326 billion. Buffett bought four new companies and added eight additional stocks. The most important buy was caused by Wells Fargo and Deere. WFC was increased by 2.8 percent. Both buys affected his portfolio only by around 0.5 percent. His stake in General Motors was doubled as well as the stake in National Oilwell Varco. As you can see, the average yield of his dividend stocks is 2.44 percent – not a very high value. It makes definitely sense to give up yield for growth and value.

Warren Buffett | Berkshire Hathaway Q3/2012 Fund Portfolio

Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway Q3/2012 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Warren Buffett’s - Berkshire Hathaway - portfolio movements as of Q3/2012 (September 30, 2012). In total, he has 38 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 75,326,633,000. Buffett bought four new companies and added eight additional stocks. The most important buys were Wells Fargo and Deere. WFC was increased by 2.8 percent. Both buys affected his portfolio only by around 0.5 percent. His stake in General Motors was doubled as well as the stake in National Oilwell Varco.

In return, Buffet sold three stocks completely and reduced ten additional stocks. The biggest change to his portfolio had Mondelez and Johnson & Johnson. Both affected his portfolio by more than one percent.

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On October 18, 2012

The Best And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. 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-dividend date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on October 18, 2012. In total, 18 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 8 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.76%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized Ex-Dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Gladstone Commercial Corp.	GOOD	232.06M	234.88	1.63	4.92	7.98%
Gladstone Investment Corporation	GAIN	166.70M	11.27	0.83	7.62	7.95%
Costamare Inc.	CMRE	922.08M	9.51	2.15	2.32	7.94%
Hospitality Properties Trust	HPT	3.00B	23.79	1.02	2.38	7.75%
Government Properties Income Trust	GOV	1.08B	20.54	1.23	5.46	7.48%
Senior Housing Properties Trust	SNH	3.95B	21.73	1.51	7.25	6.97%
Select Income REIT	SIR	772.20M	11.57	1.08	7.07	6.79%
CommonWealth REIT	CWH	1.24B	42.14	0.36	1.25	6.78%
The Washington Post Company	WPO	2.69B	27.59	1.04	0.66	2.71%
Caterpillar Inc.	CAT	55.50B	9.50	3.49	0.84	2.45%
Hormel Foods Corp.	HRL	7.72B	16.32	2.68	0.95	2.04%
Graco Inc.	GGG	2.94B	21.67	7.51	3.11	1.85%
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.	EPHC	514.78M	20.70	7.76	5.57	1.84%
AAR Corp.	AIR	660.21M	9.72	0.75	0.31	1.81%
CVS Caremark Corporation	CVS	59.67B	16.57	1.57	0.51	1.39%
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana	HFBL	50.18M	17.73	1.02	3.94	1.35%
CR Bard Inc.	BCR	8.57B	17.33	4.46	2.91	0.78%
Apache Corp.	APA	34.07B	10.43	1.11	1.99	0.78%

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Between October 15-21, 2012

The Best And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. 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-dividend date on the next trading week.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks between October15-21, 2012. In total, 52 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 25 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.42%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized Ex-Dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Hospitality Properties Trust	HPT	2.91B	23.07	0.99	2.31	7.65%
Pengrowth Energy Corporation	PGH	3.24B	128.80	0.74	2.76	7.64%
Senior Housing Properties Trust	SNH	3.88B	21.36	1.48	7.12	6.91%
Targa Resources Partners LP	NGLS	3.90B	20.93	2.68	0.59	5.99%
Teekay Corporation	TK	2.14B	-	1.61	1.09	4.06%
Procter & Gamble Co.	PG	187.34B	21.85	2.94	2.24	3.31%
Vale S.A.	VALE	93.73B	5.93	1.17	1.74	3.23%
Targa Resources Corp.	TRGP	2.12B	65.82	15.11	0.32	3.15%
The Washington Post Company	WPO	2.67B	27.42	1.03	0.66	2.73%
Caterpillar Inc.	CAT	54.10B	9.26	3.40	0.82	2.51%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.	CL	51.16B	21.36	22.20	3.01	2.30%
Hormel Foods Corp.	HRL	7.58B	16.02	2.63	0.93	2.08%
Graco Inc.	GGG	2.86B	21.12	7.33	3.03	1.90%
Xylem Inc.	XYL	4.57B	16.30	2.35	1.19	1.64%
DST Systems Inc.	DST	2.53B	9.34	2.41	1.01	1.42%
Carpenter Technology Corp.	CRS	2.80B	20.44	2.43	1.38	1.41%
CVS Caremark Corporation	CVS	59.90B	16.64	1.58	0.51	1.38%
Core Laboratories NV	CLB	4.90B	24.19	22.26	5.12	1.08%
PerkinElmer Inc.	PKI	3.39B	-	1.80	1.67	0.94%
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.	PIR	2.00B	11.41	4.35	1.26	0.85%

28 Of Warren Buffett’s Best Yielding Stock Holdings

Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway Q2/2012 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current overview of the best yielding stocks from Warren Buffett’s billionaire’s fund. He own 37 stocks of which 28 pay dividends. The highest yielding stock is GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a British drug company. Its dividend yield is 4.87 percent. The top stocks are a mix of drugs, oil & gas and newspaper businesses.

Here is a current portfolio update of Warren Buffett’s - Berkshire Hathaway - latest stock movements as of Q2/2012 (June 30, 2012). In total, he has 37 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 74,321,382,000. Buffett bought two new companies and added eight additional stocks. The biggest influence had Philips 66 (PSX) with a change to his portfolio of 1.21 percent.

Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway Q1/2012 Fund Portfolio

Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway Q1/2012 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Warren Buffett’s - Berkshire Hathaway - portfolio movements as of Q1/2012 (March 31, 2012). In total, he has 35 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 75,300,250,000. Buffett bought two new companies and added seven additional stocks. The biggest influence had Wal-Mart (WMT) and Wells Fargo (WFC). Both had an impact of more than 0.5 percent of his portfolio. He decreased seven stocks and closed one.

The Best Dividends On April 19, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks with a market capitalization over USD 2 billion that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day. If your broker settles your trade today, you will receive the next dividend. A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks April 19, 2012. In total, 11 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 4 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.78 percent.

12 Of The S&P 500 Dividend Stocks With Highest Expected Growth

Fastest Growing S&P 500 Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index is of huge importance and often used by investors for their asset allocation. The index includes 500 leading companies in leading industries of the U.S. economy, capturing 75 percent coverage of U.S. equities. Year-to-date, the index is up 11.64 percent which is roughly four percentage points above the performance of the Dow Jones but also six percentage points below the NASDAQ Composite index. Growth and expectations of growth is driving the performance of the indices.

I screened stocks from the S&P 500 by dividend yield and growth figures: First, the dividend yield should be positive and second, the expected earnings per share growth for the next five years should be over 25 percent. Twelve companies fulfilled these criteria of which nine are recommended to buy.