Bill Gates' Portfolio Holdings and Recent Buy

Bill Gates, MicrosoftBill Gates has recently declared that Cascade Investment, the company that is his investment arm, has acquired a 5.2% stake in Eastman Kodak. Kodak is still in the midst of a rapid and challenging transition from film to digital media and their sales revenues were down 24% in Q4. The tech saavy founder of Microsoft, however, likes low-tech transports (railways), utilities, television (Grupo Televisa, consumer non-durables (FEMSA, Coca Cola FEMSA), Berkshire Hathaway, and Inflation-protected ETFs, for his portfolio.  Here from Barron's, Tech Trader Daily, is a summary of the SEC filings discoveries.

Nonetheless, it turns out this morning that Eastman Kodak has attracted no less a fan than Bill Gates. In a filing with the SEC, the Microsoft co-founder disclosed a 5.2% stake in the company’s shares, with positions held by both Cascade Investment, his investment arm, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

In another filing this morning, Cascade provided a list of its largest holdings; here are all the stock in which it holds at least $10 million worth of securities:

  • Canadian National Railway (CNI), $1.279 Billion
  • Republic Services (RSG), a trash hauler, $879 million.
  • Fomento Economico Mexicano, (FMX) a Mexican bottler known as FEMSA, $678 million.
  • Berkshire Hathaway (BRK), run by Bill’s pal Warren Buffett, $391 million.
  • Grupo Televisa (TV), Mexican media play, $301 million.
  • AutoNation (AN), operator of auto dealiers, $112 million.
  • Otter Tail (OTTR), an electric power company, $79 million.
  • PNM Resources (PNM), another electric power company, $71 million.
  • Kodak (EK), $52.3 million.
  • Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Securities & Income Fund (WIA), a closed end fund, $49 million.
  • Western Asset/Claymore Inflation- Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (WIW), another closed end fund, $46 million.
  • Coca-Cola Femsa (KOF), $37.3 million.
  • Patriot Coal (PCX), $15.1 million.

Source: Barron's Tech Trader Daily
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/02/17/bill-gates-takes-52-ek-stake-a-look-at-his-holdings/

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