Warren Buffett Keeps Chugging With Daily Burlington Northern Buys

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

Date	Shares Acquired	Price/Share	Total Price
Monday, January 7	29,600	$76.55	$2,265,880
Tuesday, January 8	240,000	$77.89	$18,693,600
Wednesday, January 9	435,700	$77.12	$33,601,184
Thursday, January 10	46,100	$77.78	$3,585,658
Monday, January 14	141,400	$78.18	$11,054,652
Tuesday, January 15	807,400	$77.69	$62,726,906
Wednesday, January 16	44,200	$76.55	$3,383,510
Thursday, January 17	205,800	$77.83	$16,017,414
Friday, January 18	996,100	$76.97	$76,669,817
Tuesday, January 22	10,300	$75.51	$777,753
TOTAL	2,956,600		$228,776,374

Source: SEC Filings

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