Arnold Van Den Berg had his third down year in his 20 plus years as professional money manager, down 33%. Does that make him a bad investor? Probably not. This is his portfolio update for Q1 2009. He bought a lot of new stocks! Arnold Van Den Berg owns 91 stocks with a total value of $1.3 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.
New Purchases: ALGT, ANSW, ASIA, BIOS, BWLD, CKSW, CMO, COCO, COMS, CSKI, EGMI.OB, FRPT.OB, GA, ITLN, MIPS, MVSN, MYRG, NFLX, NOVL, NXG, OIS, OPTV, QSII, RHB, SPY, STEC, TNDM, TSYS, UBET, VPRT, WFR,
Added Positions: AXP, CMCSK, CTAS, EMR, GIS, PSUN, TXN, WFC,
Reduced Positions: DIA, ETH, TLB, TOL, WAG, WMT,
Sold Out: AAN, CYMI, DNB, DXYN, HP, IMN, ITW, NWL, ROG, USU,
For the details of Arnold Van Den Berg's stock buys and sells, go to the Link Here
This is the sector weightings of Arnold Van Den Berg's portfolio:
These are the top 5 holdings of $GuruName
New Purchases: ALGT, ANSW, ASIA, BIOS, BWLD, CKSW, CMO, COCO, COMS, CSKI, EGMI.OB, FRPT.OB, GA, ITLN, MIPS, MVSN, MYRG, NFLX, NOVL, NXG, OIS, OPTV, QSII, RHB, SPY, STEC, TNDM, TSYS, UBET, VPRT, WFR,
Added Positions: AXP, CMCSK, CTAS, EMR, GIS, PSUN, TXN, WFC,
Reduced Positions: DIA, ETH, TLB, TOL, WAG, WMT,
Sold Out: AAN, CYMI, DNB, DXYN, HP, IMN, ITW, NWL, ROG, USU,
For the details of Arnold Van Den Berg's stock buys and sells, go to the Link Here
This is the sector weightings of Arnold Van Den Berg's portfolio:
| Technology |  20.7% |
|---|---|
| Financials | 8.3% |
| Consumer Services | 20.2% |
| Health Care | 5.2% |
| Consumer Goods | 17.1% |
| Industrials | 19.7% |
| Basic Materials | 5.6% |
| Oil & Gas | 0% |
These are the top 5 holdings of $GuruName
- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) - 5,655,053 shares, 8.3% of the total portfolio
- WalMart Stores Inc. (WMT) - 1,640,793 shares, 6.83% of the total portfolio
- 3M Company (MMM) - 1,379,659 shares, 5.48% of the total portfolio
- The CocaCola Company (KO) - 1,529,255 shares, 5.37% of the total portfolio
- UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) - 3,063,104 shares, 5.12% of the total portfolio
