- Warren Buffett and the Crisis: 'Brilliant Moves Interspersed with Some Surprising Errors'
- Warren Buffett to Sell Stakes In Union Pacific & Norfolk Southern
- BNSF CEO: Buffett's Bid for Railroad "Warmly Received" In Washington
- Berkshire Hathaway's NetJets Furloughs 495 Pilots
- Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway May Lose Only Remaining AAA Credit Rating
- Buffett to CNBC: Berkshire Talking to 5 Firms About Buying Tax Credits
- CNBC Transcript: Warren Buffett Explains His Railroad 'All-In Bet' on America
- Warren Buffett to CNBC: Berkshire Businesses Doing 'Just a Tick Better'
- Warren Buffett Tells CNBC Burlington Northern Buy Is 'Bet' On America
- Warren Buffett Sells More Moody's After Stock Rebounds
RSS FEED
MOST SHARED
- Herbalife Vs. Hedge Funds
- Apple Surpasses Nokia as Top Cellphone Maker by Profits
- China Factory Output Leaps to 19-Month Highs
- Gold Heading to $1150: Art Hogan
- America Is On Sale
- Toll Brothers: More Contracts Signed, but Sales Down
- Cramer Jeers J&J, Applauds Abbott
- Adobe Cuts 680 Jobs, to Take Charge
- Should You Believe in this Rally?
- Beware of 'Trampling Effect' When Market Tops: Manager
- Gold Heading to $1150: Art Hogan
- Starbucks Brews Up Growth
- Farr: An Extended Period—No Fat Lady in Sight
- More Upside if S&P Passes This Number: Market Pro
- Murdoch Lashes Out At Google
- Fighting The Flu Vaccine Critics
- Nov. 10: Unusual Volume Leaders
- Shadow Inventory Dwarfs Loan Mods
- Retail Earnings in Focus Ahead of Shopping Season
- Apple Surpasses Nokia as Top Handset Maker by Profit
- In This Relay-Race Market, Who Gets Baton Next?
- Workers Staying Put at Their Jobs as Jobless Surges
- Three Things the US Can Do To Stop the Dollar's Decline
- Toll Brothers: More Contracts Signed, but Sales Down
- Ponzi Proceeds: Bidding on Madoff's Toys
- Bear Stearn Fund Managers Not Guilty on All Counts
- Commodity ETFs: Returns May Not Match Expectations
Warren Buffett Watch
Text Size 
 |
BNSF Photo |
In the filing, Berkshire says it bought 29,600 shares for $76.55 each on Monday (January 7). Total price paid: $2,265,880.
The additional shares bring Berkshire's total stake to 60,858,418 shares, about 17.4 percent of the shares outstanding. The most recent purchase came in October when Berkshire exercised options to buy 7.8 million shares, bringing its stake up to 17.2 percent at the time.
Monday's purchase price of $76.55 is below the roughly $80 a share Berkshire was buying in a series of buys last summer. On that day, Burlington hit an intraday low of $76.40. It hasn't been lower since August 16. It bounced back Monday to close at $79.11. Current price: [BNI
Loading...
()
]
So far, Buffett's bet on Burlington hasn't been very profitable. But remember, he buys for the long-term .. years not months. It will almost certainly be quite awhile before we know for sure if Buffett and Berkshire are riding on the right railroad.
- Warren Buffett Was Selling Two Railroads As He Bought a Third (October 15)
- Warren Buffett's Burlington Northern Stake Tops 17% as Berkshire Hathaway Exercises Options (October 5)
- Berkshire Hathaway Buys a Few More Burlington Northern Shares (September 24)
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Adds to Burlington Northern Options (September 20)
- Why Warren Buffett Is Riding the Rails (Sept. 7)
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Moves to Boost Burlington Stake Yet Again (Sept. 4)
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Buys Burlington For Fourth Time This Month (August 30)
- Burlington Northern: Just What's Warren Up To? (August 28)
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Still Riding the Rails with $800 Million Stock Buy (August 27)
- Rail Stocks Rally After Another Warren Buffett Buy (August 20)
- Warren Buffett Boosts Burlington Northern Stake .. Again (August 17)
- Buffett Boosts Bet on Burlington (August 8)
Questions? Comments? Email me at
Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes