Quarterly Contest: What Stocks Did Berkshire Hathaway Buy?

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Aug 03, 2011
In less than two weeks Warren Buffett will report his portfolio of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, Financial)(BRK.B, Financial). As a tradition, we are hosting a quarterly contest, asking our users to name the stocks Warren Buffett bought during second quarter of 2011.


We would like to invite everyone to participate in this contest. The winners will each win a copy of great investment book selecting from this list:


  1. Joel Greenblatt: The Little Book That Still Beats the Market (Little Books. Big Profits)ir?t=gurufocuscom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0470624159&camp=217145&creative=399377

  2. Joel Greenblatt: You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profitsir?t=gurufocuscom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0684840073&camp=217145&creative=399377

  3. Benjamin Graham: The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition)ir?t=gurufocuscom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060555661&camp=217145&creative=399377


  4. Martin Whitman: The Aggressive Conservative Investor

  5. Peter Lynch: Beating the Streetir?t=gurufocuscom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0671891634&camp=217145&creative=399377

  6. Peter Lynch: One Up On Wall Street : How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Marketir?t=gurufocuscom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0743200403&camp=217145&creative=399377

  7. Benjamin Graham: Security Analysis: The Classic 1934 Editionir?t=gurufocuscom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0070244960&camp=217145&creative=399377

  8. David Dreman: Contrarian Investment Strategies - The Next Generationir?t=gurufocuscom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0684813505&camp=217145&creative=399377

  9. The Snowball: The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Lifeir?t=gurufocuscom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0553384619&camp=217145&creative=399377

  10. Howard Marks: The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor (Columbia Business School Publishing)ir?t=gurufocuscom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0231153686&camp=217145&creative=399373




We understand that Berkshire’s new investment manager Tom Combs now manages part of Berkshire portfolio. The Mastercard Inc. (MA, Financial) purchase during the first quarter was probably from him. Mastercard stock has done very well since the purchase.


Registered users may participate this contest by entering up to 3 stock symbols into the comment area of this post. Also state briefly the reasons for your guesses. If more than 3 symbols are entered, only the first three will be counted. The deadline for this contest will be when Warren Buffett releases information of Berkshire's holdings, which will be in two weeks. Write your answer to the comment area. If you are not registered, you need to register to participate.


After the contest, we will announce two winners. The prize book will be sent to winner directly from Amazon. We will host the contest again next quarter, so everyone will have another chance to win.


Make sure you do your homework! Good luck!