Warren Buffett's annual letter 2016

Berkshire has invested $9.8 billion in Kraft Heinz; its 325.4 million shares are now worth over $30 billion. Buffett's annual letter offered an optimistic view on the prospects of American capitalism, but the 29-page report also highlighted pitfalls like investment fees, and gimmicky corporate earnings. That simply isn't the case: Both American corporations and private investors are today awash in funds looking to be sensibly deployed. Only four years in, Berkshire's Kraft Heinz investment is one of the firm's most profitable on record, with gains exceeding multi-decade holdings in , and . The tax on dividends received from domestic corporations, however, is consistently lower, though rates vary depending on the status of the recipient.


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Warren Buffett's biggest investments

Warren Buffett's investments continued to pay off in the fourth quarter, as Berkshire Hathaway reported a 15% rise in profits. Buffett's annual letter to shareholders released on February 25 included this list of Berkshire Hathaway's 15 most common stock investments that had the most value as at the end of last year. Buffett's holdings include a mix of subsidiaries like auto-insurer Geico, and publicly traded conglomerates such as Coca-Cola. It excludes Kraft Heinz, as this investment is accounted for with the equity method because Berkshire owns a significant controlling stake. The most recent regulatory disclosure of long positions, released in February, showed that Berkshire invested as much as $5 billion more into airlines.




Buffett wrote that the partnership will sometimes yield fewer dividends, but would remain lucrative. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway released its closely-watched annual letter on Saturday, in which the Oracle of Omaha told investors that the holding company's investment gains would continue to be 'substantial' in the coming years and the U.S. economy would continue its 'miraculous' boom. And that we will do," the investor wrote. Investors frequently parse the document for Buffett's insights into specific sectors, in addition to his thoughts on the economy. "Our expectation is that investment gains will continue to be substantial – though totally random as to timing – and that these will supply significant funds for business purchases," Buffett wrote in the letter.


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