Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway discloses $4.1 billion TSMC stake

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Berkshire Hathaway said it bought more than $4.1 billion of stock in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, a rare significant foray into the technology sector by billionaire Warren Buffett's conglomerate

in quarterly profit last month, but struck a more cautious note than usual on upcoming demand.

The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is pictured at its headquarters, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo "I suspect Berkshire has a belief that the world cannot do without the products manufactured by Taiwan Semi," said Tom Russo, a partner at Gardner, Russo & Quinn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which owns Berkshire shares.

"Only a small number of companies that can amass the capital to deliver semiconductors, which are increasingly central to people's lives," he added.Its more than six-year wager during the last decade in IBM Corp did not pan out, but Berkshire is sitting on huge unrealized gains on its $126.5 billion stake in Apple, which Buffett views more as a consumer products company.Berkshire disclosed the TSMC stake about 2-1/2 months after it began

 

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Why not invest in Micron or AMD? You know....American companies. All eggs are in one basket with Taiwan.

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