Berkshire Hathaway's American Express Stake
Warren Buffett's position in American Express is currently worth $46.4B. That's 12.97% of their entire equity portfolio (3rd largest holding). The investor owns 22.26% of the outstanding American Express stock. The first American Express trade was made in Q4 1998. Since then Warren Buffett bought shares nine more times and sold shares on nine occasions. The stake costed the investor $8.42B, netting the investor a gain of 451% so far.
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