Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.B)

[Prudent Capitalist]

Nonsense. The holdings are all up huge and were up huge for 2017. And given that the holdings, including Kraft Heinz, were worth over $206 Billion on 12/31/17, the number to which you referred is miniscule in the big picture long term. Of course, BRK is already up handsomely on its recent purchase of another 75 Million shares of Apple (AAPL) bringing its total holdings before this weeks surge in AAPL's share price to $45 Billion on its 5% stake, which will only increase with AAPL's announced $100 Billion share buyback.