Bill Gates

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust

Last Update: 2013-05-14

Number of Stocks: 26
Number of New Stocks: 0

Total Value: $18,119 Mil
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Bill Gates - The Three Things I've Learned from Warren Buffett
by Canadian Value - Jun 14, 2013
As written by Bill Gates.

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U2's Singer Bono and Bill Gates Discuss How They Hope To Help The World
by Canadian Value - Jun 07, 2013
Some of the world's ultra-rich spend their time entertaining themselves. Their millions and billions of dollars are allocated towards buying sports teams, yachts and gold-plated toilets.

Then there are the people like Bill Gates, Bono and Warren Buffett who we should all be glad became so incredibly wealthy. Their money and in the case of Gates and Bono their time is being spent for the betterment of society. Continue Reading »
Bill Gates Speaks to Bloomberg About America's Fiscal Future and His Efforts to Eliminate Polio
by Canadian Value - May 07, 2013
It is nice to see Warren's buddy get a little television time for himself.

My hobbies are golf and lifting weights. Bill's hobby is eradicating diseases. Continue Reading »
Billionaire Bill Gates' Big Moves, Coca-Cola (KO) And More
by mdhargrave - Mar 07, 2013
What has billionaire and co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates been buying lately? He, along with is his wife Melinda Gates, run a foundation called The Gates Foundation, which is centered around charitable works. The foundation controls some $37 billion, and is overseen by Michael Larson. Larson is the chief investment officer for Cascade Investment, which is the the investment vehicle for The Gates Foundation, and manages the Gates' personal fortune. The foundation, much like fellow billionaire Warren Buffett, likes to focus on high quality, large-cap stocks, and so it is the perfect place to look to find top-notch stock picks. Let's see what the foundation was investing in during the fourth quarter of 2012.

Gates Foundation is cutting its stake in... Continue Reading »
Prince Alwaleed and the Curious Case of Kingdom Holding Stock
by CanadianValue - Mar 06, 2013
The controversial Forbes piece that has angered one of the world's richest investors:

Any reporter who shows an interest in Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal of Saudi Arabia can expect at some point to get a little gift from His Royal Highness. A driver will courier over a thick, tall green leather satchel, embossed with the oasis palm logo and name of Alwaleed’s Kingdom Holding Co., weighing at least 10 pounds. Like Russian nesting dolls, the green leather satchel reveals a green leather-bound sleeve, which in turn encases a green leather-bound annual report. About the only thing not shrouded in leather are thin versions of a dozen of the best-known magazines in the world, each boasting the prince on its cover. Continue Reading »
Latest Picks From Bill Gates Foundation: Buys Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Wal-Mart Stores, Sells Costco, CSX Corp, Expeditors International
by GuruFocus - Feb 14, 2013
This is the latest stock picks from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust. The foundation’s portfolio is run by Michael Larson. If you look at the portfolio, it is a lot like the holdings of Warren Buffett. It is filled with a list of large cap high quality companies.

Bill Gates may not run this portfolio on day-to-day basis. But under the influence of Warren Buffett, Bill Gates has transformed himself from one of the smart businessman in the world to a good investor. Even Charlie Munger gave Bill Gates credit for bring the idea of railway investment to Buffett. Gates himself benefited tremendously from the investment in Canadian Railway. Continue Reading »
Gates Foundation - Annual Letter from Bill Gates
by CanadianValue - Jan 31, 2013
Gates Foundation Annual Letter

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Bill Gates - I Have No Use For Money
by CanadianValue - Jan 30, 2013
It is quite interesting how both Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are in their approach to philanthropy. Both men obviously should be heroes to the rest of us for the sheer amount they are giving to society.

But where Buffett chose to keep most of his money (until his wife passed) and try and grow it to as large a sum as possible before giving it away, Gates has decided (at a relatively young age) to get his hands dirty helping the world. Continue Reading »
Bill Gates: My Plan to Fix the World's Biggest Problems
by CanadianValue - Jan 28, 2013
To most of the world Bill Gates has long been known as one of the world's richest men. To those of us who love value investing we just think of him as Warren's "BFF."

He recently wrote the following article, published in the Wall Street Journal, that discusses how we can improve the world: Continue Reading »
Railroad Stocks Appear Attractively Valued Across the Country
by Dividend Monk - Dec 10, 2012
The Class I operators in the United States appear to be reasonably valued for long-term returns. The balance sheets are in solid condition, they all have competitive advantages against new competitors entering the market, and some of them pay decent dividend yields.
The Rail Renaissance
Ever since the 1980′s when deregulation allowed the rail companies to operate more profitability, railroad stocks in general have enjoyed market-beating returns. Improved automation technologies, increasing congestion of highways (which haven’t kept up with increases in car and truck traffic since the construction was initiated under President Eisenhower), and changes in energy costs (railroads are far more efficient with fuel than trucks are), have allowed railroads to improve their operating margins over time.

Investors have different approaches to stocks that have performed well. Some investors believe that buying stocks in an uptrend is a smart buying approach, while other investors believe the exact opposite, and instead look to enter positions after big setbacks. Continue Reading »
Corinthian Colleges - The Case for Growth
by batbeer2 - Nov 26, 2012
Here’s an established, geographically diverse business with high margins, low cyclicality and a defensible market position in a rapidly growing industry. It trades at 2x FCF — a 50% yield.

There’s a very good reason for this. The market mistakenly believes the cash flow is unsustainable — this business is toast. Continue Reading »
Bill Gates Talks about Microsoft and Windows 8
by Dheeraj Grover - Oct 23, 2012
Billionaire investor and philanthropist and current chairman of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), Bill Gates discusses his views on Windows 8 and what the opportunity is for MSFT.

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Is This Stock Undervalued?
by Chandan Dubey - Oct 18, 2012
Reflect on the last 24 hours of your life. How many times did you find that you did not know how to answer a particular question? How many times did you wonder if you had sufficient facts to answer or give an opinion on an issue? How many times did you tell yourself or the people around you that you just did not know?

If you are like most of us, probably not too often. Our mind is a wonderful entity which comes up with views, opinions, decisions, projections, hypothesis, narratives and judgements without much effort. It has an opinion on everything, even when it has no justifiable reasons to form one. On top of that, consider that most of the questions you encounter during (a day in) your life are ill-defined and you probably don’t have the relevant data to answer them correctly and precisely. Continue Reading »
Latest Picks From Bill Gates Foundation: TM, WMT, CX, Sells Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
by GuruFocus - Aug 15, 2012
This is the latest stock picks from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust. The foundation’s portfolio is run by Michael Larson. As of 06/30/2012, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust owns 27 stocks with a total value of $15.6 billion.

These are the details of the buys and sells. Continue Reading »
Naughty or Nice Part 1: 5 Dividend Stocks You Can Feel Good About Owning
by Charles Sizemore - Aug 13, 2012
This is Part 1 of a two-part series on “Naughty and Nice” dividend stocks.

Perhaps I’m some sort of anti-social deviant, but I’ve never been a big fan of socially-responsible investing. It has always seemed crazy to me to ignore profitable investment opportunities because a company’s product happens to be politically incorrect at that particular moment. Continue Reading »
Bill Gates Ups His Bet on Auto Engine Maker EcoMotors
by Dheeraj Grover - Jul 11, 2012
Philanthropist and investor Bill Gates increased his investment in automotive engine maker EcoMotors International, the company announced Tuesday. Gates, venture firm Braemar Ventures and Khosla Ventures – run by billionaire investor Vinod Khosla – put $32.5 million into EcoMotors, bringing total funds raised to date to $66 million. Gates’ specific dollar investment was not announced.

EcoMotors, founded in 2008 and based in Allen Park, Mich., is working on building automotive engines that consume half the fuel and emit 50% fewer greenhouse gases than traditional engines. Gates first invested in EcoMotors in 2010, alongside Khosla Ventures. Continue Reading »
Bill Gates on Charlie Rose
by Dheeraj Grover - Jul 08, 2012
Bill Gates was on Charlie rose to talk about Philanthropy, his recent trip to India, business environment in China and India, advantages of one market (China) vs. India. Bill and Melinda Gates philanthropic efforts in India and other philanthropy efforts

He also spoke at length about Microsoft upcoming tablet Surface and its earlier efforts to create tablet. he also shed light on what Apple did and how different it was from what Microsoft did. He also provided insights into what it takes to build companies like Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB) Continue Reading »
Gates, Buffett Talk Currencies
by Dheeraj Grover - Jul 08, 2012
"The challenge with currencies is all the big ones have some difficulty," says Bill Gates. "It's not like the Americans have solved their deficit." Meanwhile Warren Buffett also shares his view on currencies.

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Michael Larson: Investment Manager to Bill Gates
by Frank Voisin - Jun 06, 2012
Bill Gates has described Warren Buffett as having the greatest impact on Gates of anyone outside Gates’ own family. Though he acknowledges this impact extends far beyond investing, for the purposes of this site, I’ll confine the discussion to Gates’ investments.

We all know how Gates became wealthy, but what many may not be aware of is that he has been shifting his wealth away from Microsoft (MSFT). Over the last five years, Gates reduced his ownership of MSFT from 957.5 million shares to 501 million shares. These sales have been occurring for a long time: Continue Reading »
Bill Gates Shares His Views on Gold
by Dheeraj Grover - May 07, 2012
Microsoft (MSFT) founder Bill Gates talks to CNBC's Becky Quick at the annual Berkshire (BRK.A)(BRK.B) shareholder meeting in Omaha, Neb. Gates agrees with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger that gold is not the way to go.

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