Saturday, December 12, 2009

CNBC: Warren Buffett Keeps Chugging With Daily Burlington Northern Buys

Burlington Northern train

Warren Buffett"s daily Burlington buys continue.

Berkshire Hathaway has bought Burlington Northern Santa Fe shares on 11 of the 12 trading days through last Tuesday, January 22.

Berkshire may have bought even more yesterday or today but there is sometimes a lag of one to two days between a purchase and its disclosure.

According to a filing with the SEC tonight, Berkshire picked up 10,300 shares on Tuesday, its smallest daily purchase in the recent series.

The price, $75.51, is also the lowest it has paid. Berkshire owns 18.2 percent of the freight railroad"s outstanding shares.





Berkshire Hathaway"s Burlington Northern Buys This Month
DateShares AcquiredPrice/ShareTotal Price
Monday, January 729,600$76.55$2,265,880
Tuesday, January 8240,000$77.89$18,693,600
Wednesday, January 9435,700$77.12$33,601,184
Thursday, January 1046,100$77.78$3,585,658
Monday, January 14141,400$78.18$11,054,652
Tuesday, January 15807,400$77.69$62,726,906
Wednesday, January 1644,200$76.55$3,383,510
Thursday, January 17205,800$77.83$16,017,414
Friday, January 18996,100$76.97$76,669,817
Tuesday, January 2210,300$75.51$777,753
TOTAL2,956,600

$228,776,374

Current prices:

Burlington Northern [BNI 86.59 1.54 (+1.81%) ]

Berkshire Hathaway [US;BRK.A 111700.0 1300.00 (+1.18%) ]

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