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Greg Abel, who was promoted to vice chairman of the company's non-insurance business in 2018, and Ajit Jain, who was also promoted to vice chairman of the company's insurance business, also attended the meeting to answer shareholder questions. They are both major contenders for the post-Buffett era Berkshire Hathaway CEO position.</p><p><b>Wall Street Insights has compiled analysis articles from both Chinese and foreign media, summarizing several key highlights of this year's shareholders' meeting—</b></p><p><b>Highlight 1: The Recovery of Berkshire's Industries</b></p><p>Berkshire Hathaway's businesses cover traditional economic sectors such as railroads, manufacturing, retail, and utilities, and some industries have inevitably been severely impacted by the pandemic.</p><p>Their recovery will inevitably reveal Buffett's views on future economic trends. The market consensus is that Berkshire Hathaway's businesses will benefit from the reopening of the U.S. economy, and the stock prices of companies with \"value stock\" attributes may outperform the broader market this year.</p><p>For example, for<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BA\">boeing</a>Precision Castparts, which produces specific parts for aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus and Bombardier, was forced to write down $9.8 billion in assets and lay off 13,400 employees last year, wiping out orders for aircraft parts due to a sharp drop in travel demand. Geico auto insurance company, led by Todd Combs, one of Berkshire Hathaway's investment managers, is also facing controversy. While other insurers refunded premiums to customers during the pandemic, they were only willing to offer credit benefits to renewing drivers instead of direct cashback.</p><p>Shareholders may also pay attention to Berkshire Hathaway,<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AMZN\">Amazon</a>and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/JPM\">JPMorgan Chase</a>Haven, a joint venture that tried to cut employee health insurance costs but suddenly failed in February this year. The market had hoped that this innovative company would disrupt the complex and expensive health insurance system in the United States, but the company was dissolved after less than three years of operation. People speculated that Buffett might talk about the reasons for the failure at the shareholders' meeting.</p><p><b>Highlight 2: Can the record-breaking share buybacks continue?</b></p><p>In his 2021 public letter to shareholders released at the end of February, Buffett stated that Berkshire Hathaway repurchased approximately $9 billion of its own stock in the fourth quarter of last year, bringing the total repurchase amount in 2020 to a record high of $24.7 billion. The number of shares repurchased is equivalent to 5.2% of the outstanding shares, which is five times the total repurchase amount of $5 billion in 2019.</p><p>He stated that Berkshire Hathaway has repurchased more shares since the end of last year and may further reduce the number of outstanding shares in the future. Companies only participate in buybacks when they believe the stock is trading below its intrinsic market value, rather than \"awkwardly investing more money in buybacks when stock prices rise rather than fall,\" as other companies do. Our approach is exactly the opposite.</p><p>James Shanahan, an analyst at the well-known retail brokerage firm Edward Jones, predicts that Berkshire Hathaway repurchased another $5 billion of its own stock in the first quarter of this year.</p><p>However, the company's Class A shares hit a record closing high of nearly $418,000 on Thursday, April 29, and are up 19% year-to-date, outperforming the S&P 500's gain of more than 11% during the same period. Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares have rebounded sharply by 52% from their low on March 23 last year, while relatively cheaper Class B shares have also risen by more than 47% in the past 12 months.</p><p>Would such a high stock price still be below its intrinsic value, triggering a large share buyback? Investors are awaiting Mr. Ba's comment.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/bcc51b103e053f15070daf63d0e5ec7c\" tg-width=\"1188\" tg-height=\"502\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p><p><b>Highlight 3: With hundreds of billions in cash, when will a massive \"elephant-level acquisition\" unfold?</b></p><p>Even after record share buybacks in 2020, Berkshire Hathaway still holds considerable cash reserves, reaching $138 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of last year, slightly lower than $145.7 billion at the end of the third quarter of last year.</p><p>Shareholders want to know why Buffett has been buying back Berkshire Hathaway shares in large quantities instead of carrying out the \"elephant-sized\" large-scale acquisitions he has longed for years.</p><p>At last year's shareholders meeting, Buffett explained that the reason was simple: \"We haven't seen anything attractive yet.\" However, in the past year, with the rapid rise of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), the M&A transaction environment has become more competitive. According to SPAC Research, more than 500 SPACs holding over $138 billion are currently looking for target acquisition companies.</p><p>CFRA Research analyst Cathy Seifert pointed out that this is a significant company with a large cash position, and investors have the right to know how they intend to use that cash. If Buffett continues to tell the same old stories as an excuse, shareholders will begin to feel tired. However, given the considerable strength of its stock rebound, people may not complain too much.</p><p><b>Highlight 4: Buffett's US stock holding strategy and investments in China</b></p><p>At last year's shareholders' meeting, Buffett revealed that he had sold all of Berkshire's airline holdings, including United Airlines,<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAL\">American Airlines</a>、<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/LUV\">Southwest airlines</a>and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/DAL\">Delta Airlines</a>The total value of the shares exceeds $4 billion.</p><p>At the time, it was thought to convey the legendary value investor's pessimistic view of the aviation industry, but as airline stock prices jumped by three-digit percentages from their 2020 lows (i.e., they had doubled), many observers who followed Buffett's investment trajectory expressed disappointment. Even former US President Trump criticized Buffett for being \"right his whole life,\" but he stumbled when it came to selling off airline stocks.</p><p>Investors are looking forward to whether Buffett will \"admit failure\" at this year's shareholder meeting. However, Shanahan, the analyst mentioned above, said that Buffett's view on the aviation industry may still be correct. The industry has undergone fundamental changes since the pandemic, with a slow recovery in tourism and too many aircraft. Even United Airlines admitted this month that the road to full recovery remains bumpy, and a full return to business and international travel is a long way off.</p><p>As of the end of 2020,<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAPL\">Apple</a>The company remains Berkshire Hathaway's largest common stock investment, with a market value of $120.4 billion, accounting for nearly 43% of its total holdings. However, in the fourth quarter of last year, Berkshire Hathaway reduced its holdings of Apple stock by 57.16 million shares. Investors want to know if this move represents a change in Buffett's attitude towards Apple. What does Barack Obama think about Apple's new car manufacturing business?</p><p>At the end of last year, Berkshire Hathaway also pullback/retracement its exposure to the Financial industry, clearing out its positions in JPMorgan Chase and PNC Financial, and...<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/WFC\">Wells Fargo Bank</a>The holdings were reduced by nearly 60%. Meanwhile, while the pandemic severely damaged stock prices, Buffett expanded his considerable dividend payout.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CVX\">Chevron</a>Oil and telecommunications operators<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/VZ\">Verizon</a>(Verizon's) holdings.</p><p>People are eager to hear how Buffett assesses the stock market rebound in the later stages of the pandemic, and his views on whether overall stock market valuations are becoming increasingly bubble-like. Analyst Shanahan believes that after selling airline and financial stocks, Berkshire's portfolio structure and Apple's outstanding performance have made it look more like a new economy company, perhaps a glimpse into the \"post-Buffett\" era.</p><p>It is worth noting that in early April this year, Munger's newspaper company, the Daily Journal, filed a 13F filing with the SEC, showing that it had established a position in the first quarter of 2021.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BABA\">Alibaba</a>At the end of March, the market value of its holdings was nearly $40 million. It is also worth noting whether Munger further affirms and is optimistic about the prospects of Chinese concept stocks and Chinese companies.</p><p><b>Point 5: Do you continue to despise cryptocurrencies or other market booms?</b></p><p>The US financial markets have been turbulent this year. First, retail investors fought against institutions, shorting Wall Street. Then, hedge funds suffered massive margin calls, causing huge losses to many financial institutions around the world. Subsequently, Bitcoin quickly broke through a new high of $64,000. At the same time, retail investors were actively speculating on blank check companies (SPACs), hoping to get a piece of the pie from the fast track of backdoor listings.</p><p>As is well known, Buffett has never been optimistic about Bitcoin, considering it \"speculation\" rather than \"investment,\" and even calling Bitcoin \"rat poison squared.\" Mr Munger quoted Wilde as saying that investing in Bitcoin was \"futile \"(the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable)\"</p><p>In late February, Munger gave a fiery commentary on the market at the annual conference of the Daily Journal, where he chaired, accusing Robinhood of making money in a \"dirty\" way, attracting inexperienced beginners who wanted to gamble, and calling commission-free trading one of the most \"disgusting\" lies in the investment world. He criticized SPACs as investment banks \"making dirty money\" and as \"annoying bubbles,\" adding that \"as long as dog shit can be sold, the investment industry will sell it.\" When asked about a $50,000 Bitcoin or a $1 trillion market capitalization<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TSLA\">Tesla</a>When comparing, they said they didn't know which was worse.</p><p>He warned that the current prevailing attitude in the US stock market is a \"horse racing mentality,\" and that encouraging this gambling mentality is extremely foolish. Buying stocks aggressively is a very dangerous investment method that will ultimately end in a bad way, although he is not sure when.</p><p>After several months of observation, investors wanted to hear whether the two legendary investment veterans were pessimistic about the high risks in the market.</p><p><b>Highlight 6: Is the successor to the \"post-Buffett era\" clear?</b></p><p>With both Buffett and Munger now in their eighties, the question of who will succeed the Berkshire Hathaway chairman is becoming a classic topic at the annual shareholder meeting, although Buffett never mentions it each year.</p><p>Observers noted that since Munger was unable to fly to Omaha to attend the 2020 shareholders' meeting, Greg Abel, the vice chairman in charge of Berkshire Hathaway's non-insurance business, took Munger's place and answered shareholder questions with Buffett. 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These are some key points worth noting.\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"head\">\n<strong class=\"h-name small\">华尔街见闻</strong><span class=\"h-time small\">2021-05-01 07:54</span>\n</p>\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n<p>This year, 90-year-old Warren Buffett will fly to California to \"reunite\" with his 97-year-old partner of more than 60 years. The shareholders' meeting has been temporarily moved to Los Angeles, marking the first time in history that it has been held outside of Omaha, Nebraska. On Saturday, May 1, 2021, following the release of its first-quarter 2021 financial report, Warren Buffett, the \"Oracle of Omaha,\" led...<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BRK.A\">Berkshire</a>Hathaway is scheduled to hold its 56th anniversary shareholders' meeting at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time.</p><p>This is the second consecutive year that this important annual event, which usually attracts nearly 40,000 people in person, has been held online due to the impact of the pandemic. Last year, it attracted 2.5 million streaming clicks, marking the first time this highly anticipated event has been held outside of Omaha, Nebraska, USA.</p><p>This year, the 90-year-old Warren Buffett will fly to California to \"reunite\" with his 97-year-old partner of more than 60 years, Munger, and the location of the annual shareholders' meeting will be temporarily moved to Los Angeles. Munger did not attend the 2020 shareholders' meeting last year due to travel restrictions caused by the pandemic.</p><p>Recently, in response to inquiries from Chinese media, Warren Buffett's staff stated that they do not expect Buffett to be interviewed before or after the three-and-a-half-hour shareholders' meeting. They thanked everyone for their concern and hoped to reunite in Omaha next spring.</p><p>Buffett has served as chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway since 1965, while Munger has served as vice chairman since 1978. Greg Abel, who was promoted to vice chairman of the company's non-insurance business in 2018, and Ajit Jain, who was also promoted to vice chairman of the company's insurance business, also attended the meeting to answer shareholder questions. They are both major contenders for the post-Buffett era Berkshire Hathaway CEO position.</p><p><b>Wall Street Insights has compiled analysis articles from both Chinese and foreign media, summarizing several key highlights of this year's shareholders' meeting—</b></p><p><b>Highlight 1: The Recovery of Berkshire's Industries</b></p><p>Berkshire Hathaway's businesses cover traditional economic sectors such as railroads, manufacturing, retail, and utilities, and some industries have inevitably been severely impacted by the pandemic.</p><p>Their recovery will inevitably reveal Buffett's views on future economic trends. The market consensus is that Berkshire Hathaway's businesses will benefit from the reopening of the U.S. economy, and the stock prices of companies with \"value stock\" attributes may outperform the broader market this year.</p><p>For example, for<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BA\">boeing</a>Precision Castparts, which produces specific parts for aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus and Bombardier, was forced to write down $9.8 billion in assets and lay off 13,400 employees last year, wiping out orders for aircraft parts due to a sharp drop in travel demand. Geico auto insurance company, led by Todd Combs, one of Berkshire Hathaway's investment managers, is also facing controversy. While other insurers refunded premiums to customers during the pandemic, they were only willing to offer credit benefits to renewing drivers instead of direct cashback.</p><p>Shareholders may also pay attention to Berkshire Hathaway,<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AMZN\">Amazon</a>and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/JPM\">JPMorgan Chase</a>Haven, a joint venture that tried to cut employee health insurance costs but suddenly failed in February this year. The market had hoped that this innovative company would disrupt the complex and expensive health insurance system in the United States, but the company was dissolved after less than three years of operation. People speculated that Buffett might talk about the reasons for the failure at the shareholders' meeting.</p><p><b>Highlight 2: Can the record-breaking share buybacks continue?</b></p><p>In his 2021 public letter to shareholders released at the end of February, Buffett stated that Berkshire Hathaway repurchased approximately $9 billion of its own stock in the fourth quarter of last year, bringing the total repurchase amount in 2020 to a record high of $24.7 billion. The number of shares repurchased is equivalent to 5.2% of the outstanding shares, which is five times the total repurchase amount of $5 billion in 2019.</p><p>He stated that Berkshire Hathaway has repurchased more shares since the end of last year and may further reduce the number of outstanding shares in the future. Companies only participate in buybacks when they believe the stock is trading below its intrinsic market value, rather than \"awkwardly investing more money in buybacks when stock prices rise rather than fall,\" as other companies do. Our approach is exactly the opposite.</p><p>James Shanahan, an analyst at the well-known retail brokerage firm Edward Jones, predicts that Berkshire Hathaway repurchased another $5 billion of its own stock in the first quarter of this year.</p><p>However, the company's Class A shares hit a record closing high of nearly $418,000 on Thursday, April 29, and are up 19% year-to-date, outperforming the S&P 500's gain of more than 11% during the same period. Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares have rebounded sharply by 52% from their low on March 23 last year, while relatively cheaper Class B shares have also risen by more than 47% in the past 12 months.</p><p>Would such a high stock price still be below its intrinsic value, triggering a large share buyback? Investors are awaiting Mr. Ba's comment.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/bcc51b103e053f15070daf63d0e5ec7c\" tg-width=\"1188\" tg-height=\"502\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p><p><b>Highlight 3: With hundreds of billions in cash, when will a massive \"elephant-level acquisition\" unfold?</b></p><p>Even after record share buybacks in 2020, Berkshire Hathaway still holds considerable cash reserves, reaching $138 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of last year, slightly lower than $145.7 billion at the end of the third quarter of last year.</p><p>Shareholders want to know why Buffett has been buying back Berkshire Hathaway shares in large quantities instead of carrying out the \"elephant-sized\" large-scale acquisitions he has longed for years.</p><p>At last year's shareholders meeting, Buffett explained that the reason was simple: \"We haven't seen anything attractive yet.\" However, in the past year, with the rapid rise of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), the M&A transaction environment has become more competitive. According to SPAC Research, more than 500 SPACs holding over $138 billion are currently looking for target acquisition companies.</p><p>CFRA Research analyst Cathy Seifert pointed out that this is a significant company with a large cash position, and investors have the right to know how they intend to use that cash. If Buffett continues to tell the same old stories as an excuse, shareholders will begin to feel tired. However, given the considerable strength of its stock rebound, people may not complain too much.</p><p><b>Highlight 4: Buffett's US stock holding strategy and investments in China</b></p><p>At last year's shareholders' meeting, Buffett revealed that he had sold all of Berkshire's airline holdings, including United Airlines,<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAL\">American Airlines</a>、<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/LUV\">Southwest airlines</a>and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/DAL\">Delta Airlines</a>The total value of the shares exceeds $4 billion.</p><p>At the time, it was thought to convey the legendary value investor's pessimistic view of the aviation industry, but as airline stock prices jumped by three-digit percentages from their 2020 lows (i.e., they had doubled), many observers who followed Buffett's investment trajectory expressed disappointment. Even former US President Trump criticized Buffett for being \"right his whole life,\" but he stumbled when it came to selling off airline stocks.</p><p>Investors are looking forward to whether Buffett will \"admit failure\" at this year's shareholder meeting. However, Shanahan, the analyst mentioned above, said that Buffett's view on the aviation industry may still be correct. The industry has undergone fundamental changes since the pandemic, with a slow recovery in tourism and too many aircraft. Even United Airlines admitted this month that the road to full recovery remains bumpy, and a full return to business and international travel is a long way off.</p><p>As of the end of 2020,<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAPL\">Apple</a>The company remains Berkshire Hathaway's largest common stock investment, with a market value of $120.4 billion, accounting for nearly 43% of its total holdings. However, in the fourth quarter of last year, Berkshire Hathaway reduced its holdings of Apple stock by 57.16 million shares. Investors want to know if this move represents a change in Buffett's attitude towards Apple. What does Barack Obama think about Apple's new car manufacturing business?</p><p>At the end of last year, Berkshire Hathaway also pullback/retracement its exposure to the Financial industry, clearing out its positions in JPMorgan Chase and PNC Financial, and...<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/WFC\">Wells Fargo Bank</a>The holdings were reduced by nearly 60%. Meanwhile, while the pandemic severely damaged stock prices, Buffett expanded his considerable dividend payout.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CVX\">Chevron</a>Oil and telecommunications operators<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/VZ\">Verizon</a>(Verizon's) holdings.</p><p>People are eager to hear how Buffett assesses the stock market rebound in the later stages of the pandemic, and his views on whether overall stock market valuations are becoming increasingly bubble-like. Analyst Shanahan believes that after selling airline and financial stocks, Berkshire's portfolio structure and Apple's outstanding performance have made it look more like a new economy company, perhaps a glimpse into the \"post-Buffett\" era.</p><p>It is worth noting that in early April this year, Munger's newspaper company, the Daily Journal, filed a 13F filing with the SEC, showing that it had established a position in the first quarter of 2021.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BABA\">Alibaba</a>At the end of March, the market value of its holdings was nearly $40 million. It is also worth noting whether Munger further affirms and is optimistic about the prospects of Chinese concept stocks and Chinese companies.</p><p><b>Point 5: Do you continue to despise cryptocurrencies or other market booms?</b></p><p>The US financial markets have been turbulent this year. First, retail investors fought against institutions, shorting Wall Street. Then, hedge funds suffered massive margin calls, causing huge losses to many financial institutions around the world. Subsequently, Bitcoin quickly broke through a new high of $64,000. At the same time, retail investors were actively speculating on blank check companies (SPACs), hoping to get a piece of the pie from the fast track of backdoor listings.</p><p>As is well known, Buffett has never been optimistic about Bitcoin, considering it \"speculation\" rather than \"investment,\" and even calling Bitcoin \"rat poison squared.\" Mr Munger quoted Wilde as saying that investing in Bitcoin was \"futile \"(the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable)\"</p><p>In late February, Munger gave a fiery commentary on the market at the annual conference of the Daily Journal, where he chaired, accusing Robinhood of making money in a \"dirty\" way, attracting inexperienced beginners who wanted to gamble, and calling commission-free trading one of the most \"disgusting\" lies in the investment world. He criticized SPACs as investment banks \"making dirty money\" and as \"annoying bubbles,\" adding that \"as long as dog shit can be sold, the investment industry will sell it.\" When asked about a $50,000 Bitcoin or a $1 trillion market capitalization<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TSLA\">Tesla</a>When comparing, they said they didn't know which was worse.</p><p>He warned that the current prevailing attitude in the US stock market is a \"horse racing mentality,\" and that encouraging this gambling mentality is extremely foolish. Buying stocks aggressively is a very dangerous investment method that will ultimately end in a bad way, although he is not sure when.</p><p>After several months of observation, investors wanted to hear whether the two legendary investment veterans were pessimistic about the high risks in the market.</p><p><b>Highlight 6: Is the successor to the \"post-Buffett era\" clear?</b></p><p>With both Buffett and Munger now in their eighties, the question of who will succeed the Berkshire Hathaway chairman is becoming a classic topic at the annual shareholder meeting, although Buffett never mentions it each year.</p><p>Observers noted that since Munger was unable to fly to Omaha to attend the 2020 shareholders' meeting, Greg Abel, the vice chairman in charge of Berkshire Hathaway's non-insurance business, took Munger's place and answered shareholder questions with Buffett. The market began to believe that Abel was the most likely successor.</p><p>However, mainstream Wall Street analysts currently speculate that Buffett will not discuss the successor in detail.</p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> source：<a 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Jain也出席大会回答股东提问，他们都是“后巴菲特时代”伯克希尔首席执行官的主要竞争者。华尔街见闻汇总中外媒体分析文章，总结出了今年股东大会的几大看点——看点1：伯克希尔经营产业的复苏情况伯克希尔旗下业务涵盖铁路、制造、零售和公用事业等传统经济领域，部分产业不可避免地遭遇疫情重创。它们的恢复情况也势必带出巴菲特对未来经济走势的看法。市场共识预期是，伯克希尔旗下产业将从美国经济重新开放中获益，具有“价值股”属性的公司股价今年或跑赢大盘。例如，为波音、空客、庞巴迪等飞机制造商生产指定零配件的精密机件公司（Precision Castparts）去年被迫减记98亿美元资产和裁员1.34万人，因旅行需求暴跌抹消了对飞机零部件的订单。伯克希尔投资经理之一Todd Combs领导的Geico汽车保险公司也面临争议，当其他险企在疫情期间向客户退还保费时，他们却只愿意向续保的司机提供信用优惠而非直接返现。股东们也可能关注伯克希尔、亚马逊和摩根大通试图削减员工医疗保险成本、但今年2月突然宣告失败的合资企业Haven。原本市场寄希望于这一创新公司颠覆美国复杂且昂贵的医保体系，结果该公司运行不到三年便宣告解散，人们猜测巴菲特也许会在股东大会谈到失败原因。看点2：创纪录的股票回购能否延续巴菲特在2月末发布的2021年致股东公开信中称，去年四季度伯克希尔回购了约90亿美元自家股票，令2020年总回购额达到创纪录新高的247亿美元，回购股份数量相当于流通股的5.2%，是2019年50亿回购总额的五倍。他表示，伯克希尔自去年底以来回购了更多股票，并且将来可能会进一步建减少流通的股票数量。公司只有在认为股票交易价格低于其内在价值市才会参与回购，而不是像其他公司那样“尴尬地在股票价格上涨而不是下跌时，投入更多资金回购，我们的方法恰恰相反。”知名零售经纪公司Edward Jones的分析师James Shanahan预计，伯克希尔在今年一季度又回购了50亿美元自家股票。不过，公司A类股在4月29日本周四创下近41.80万美元的收盘历史新高，今年累涨19%，跑赢标普500大盘同期逾11%的涨幅。伯克希尔A类股已较去年3月23日的低点大幅反弹52%，相对便宜的B类股过去12个月也涨超47%。如此高的股价是否还低于内在价值进而触发大额回购呢？投资者等待巴老点评。看点3：坐拥千亿现金，何时上演“大象级别的巨额收购”即便在2020年创纪录的回购之后，伯克希尔仍然持有可观的现金储备，去年四季度末高达1380亿美元，略低于去年三季度末的1457亿美元。股东们想知道，为什么巴菲特一直在大手笔回购伯克希尔股票，而不是进行他多年以来渴望的“大象般体量”大规模收购。巴菲特在去年股东大会上解释称，这一原因很简单，“因为我们还没有看到任何吸引人的东西”。但在过去一年中，伴随特殊目的收购公司SPAC的迅速崛起，并购交易环境竞争更加激烈。据SPAC Research统计，目前有超过500个SPAC手持超1380亿美元正在寻找目标收购公司。CFRA Research分析师Cathy Seifert指出，这是一家拥有大量现金头寸的重要公司，投资者有权知道他们打算如何使用这些现金。如果巴菲特还是讲述同样的老故事作为借口，股东们将开始感到疲倦。但鉴于其股票反弹力度可观，可能人们也不会抱怨太多。看点4：巴菲特的美股持仓策略和中国投资去年股东大会上，巴菲特透露已抛售伯克希尔的全部航空公司持股，包括美联航、美国航空、西南航空和达美航空的股份，合计价值超过40亿美元。当时人们认为传达了这一传奇价值投资者对航空业的悲观看法，但随着航空公司股价从2020年低点跳涨了三位数百分比（即已经翻倍），不少跟随巴菲特投资轨迹的观察者表示失望。就连美国前总统特朗普都批评巴菲特“一生都是对的”，唯独在清仓航空股上老马失蹄。投资者期待巴菲特是否在今年股东会上“承认失手”。但上文提到的分析师Shanahan称，巴菲特对航空业的看法可能仍正确，这一行业在疫情后已经发生根本性的变化，旅游出行恢复缓慢且飞机过多，就连美联航本月都承认全面复苏之路仍然坎坷，商务和国际旅行完全回归遥遥无期。截至2020年底，苹果公司仍是伯克希尔最大的普通股投资，持仓市值为1204亿美元，占总持仓的比例接近43%。不过去年四季度，伯克希尔减持了5716万股苹果股票。投资者想知道，这种操作是否代表巴菲特对苹果的态度发生变化？对苹果的造车新业务巴老又如何看待？去年底，伯克希尔还回撤了对金融业的敞口，清空了摩根大通和PNC Financial的仓位，把对富国银行的持仓量削减了近60%。同时，巴菲特趁疫情重创股价之际，扩大了对派息相当可观的雪佛龙石油和电信运营商威瑞森（Verizon）的持仓。人们渴望听到巴菲特如何评价疫情后期的股市反弹，以及他对股市整体估值是否日趋泡沫化的看法。分析师Shanahan认为，在出售了航空股和金融股之后，伯克希尔投资组合的构成方式以及苹果公司的出色表现，令其现在看起来要更像是新经济公司了，也许是“后巴菲特”时代的一窥。值得注意的是，今年4月初，芒格旗下报业公司Daily Journal提交给SEC的13F文件显示，在2021年第一季度建仓阿里巴巴，3月底的持仓市值近4000万美元。芒格对中概股和中国企业的前景是否有进一步的肯定和看好也值得关注。看点5：是否继续鄙视加密货币或其他市场热潮今年美国金融市场可谓风起云涌。先是散户大战机构、逼空华尔街，接着对冲基金世纪大爆仓引发全球多家金融机构遭受巨额损失，随后比特币火速冲破6.4万美元创新高，同时散户热炒空白支票公司（SPAC）希望从借壳上市的快车道分一杯羹。众所周知，巴菲特素来不看好比特币，认为属于“投机”而非“投资”，还称比特币是“老鼠药的平方”（rat poison squared）。芒格则引用奥斯卡·王尔德的名言称投资比特币为“徒劳无功”（the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable）。芒格曾于2月下旬在其担任主席的Daily Journal 年度会议火爆点评市场，指责Robinhood赚钱的方式“肮脏”，是在吸引毫无经验想要赌博的新手，无佣金交易是投资界最令人“恶心”的谎言之一；抨击SPAC是投行在“赚脏钱”，是“令人恼火的泡沫”，“只要狗屎能卖出去，投行业就将卖这些”；被问及5万美元的比特币或1万亿美元市值的特斯拉对比时，称不知道哪个更糟糕。他警告称，当前美股的主流态度是“赛马心理”，鼓励这种赌博心理是十分愚蠢的，疯狂购买股票是一种非常危险的投资方式，最终会以一种糟糕的方式结束，尽管他不确定是何时。在经过几个月的观察后，投资者想要听听两位投资界的传奇常青树对市场高风险是否悲观。看点6：“后巴菲特时代”的接班人是否明晰由于巴菲特和芒格均已年逾耄耋，伯克希尔掌门人的继任者究竟是谁，俨然正在成为每年股东大会的经典话题之一，不过每一年巴菲特都没有提及此事。观察人士注意到，2020年的股东大会由于芒格无法飞到奥马哈出席，负责伯克希尔非保险业务的副董事长Greg 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These are some key points worth noting.","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2132956144","media":"华尔街见闻","summary":"今年，90岁高龄的巴菲特将专程飞赴加州，与合作了60多年的97岁老搭档芒格“合体”，股东大会暂时移师洛杉矶，是史上首次在内布拉斯加州奥马哈市以外的地方举行。","content":"<p>This year, 90-year-old Warren Buffett will fly to California to \"reunite\" with his 97-year-old partner of more than 60 years. The shareholders' meeting has been temporarily moved to Los Angeles, marking the first time in history that it has been held outside of Omaha, Nebraska. On Saturday, May 1, 2021, following the release of its first-quarter 2021 financial report, Warren Buffett, the \"Oracle of Omaha,\" led...<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BRK.A\">Berkshire</a>Hathaway is scheduled to hold its 56th anniversary shareholders' meeting at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time.</p><p>This is the second consecutive year that this important annual event, which usually attracts nearly 40,000 people in person, has been held online due to the impact of the pandemic. Last year, it attracted 2.5 million streaming clicks, marking the first time this highly anticipated event has been held outside of Omaha, Nebraska, USA.</p><p>This year, the 90-year-old Warren Buffett will fly to California to \"reunite\" with his 97-year-old partner of more than 60 years, Munger, and the location of the annual shareholders' meeting will be temporarily moved to Los Angeles. Munger did not attend the 2020 shareholders' meeting last year due to travel restrictions caused by the pandemic.</p><p>Recently, in response to inquiries from Chinese media, Warren Buffett's staff stated that they do not expect Buffett to be interviewed before or after the three-and-a-half-hour shareholders' meeting. They thanked everyone for their concern and hoped to reunite in Omaha next spring.</p><p>Buffett has served as chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway since 1965, while Munger has served as vice chairman since 1978. Greg Abel, who was promoted to vice chairman of the company's non-insurance business in 2018, and Ajit Jain, who was also promoted to vice chairman of the company's insurance business, also attended the meeting to answer shareholder questions. They are both major contenders for the post-Buffett era Berkshire Hathaway CEO position.</p><p><b>Wall Street Insights has compiled analysis articles from both Chinese and foreign media, summarizing several key highlights of this year's shareholders' meeting—</b></p><p><b>Highlight 1: The Recovery of Berkshire's Industries</b></p><p>Berkshire Hathaway's businesses cover traditional economic sectors such as railroads, manufacturing, retail, and utilities, and some industries have inevitably been severely impacted by the pandemic.</p><p>Their recovery will inevitably reveal Buffett's views on future economic trends. The market consensus is that Berkshire Hathaway's businesses will benefit from the reopening of the U.S. economy, and the stock prices of companies with \"value stock\" attributes may outperform the broader market this year.</p><p>For example, for<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BA\">boeing</a>Precision Castparts, which produces specific parts for aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus and Bombardier, was forced to write down $9.8 billion in assets and lay off 13,400 employees last year, wiping out orders for aircraft parts due to a sharp drop in travel demand. Geico auto insurance company, led by Todd Combs, one of Berkshire Hathaway's investment managers, is also facing controversy. While other insurers refunded premiums to customers during the pandemic, they were only willing to offer credit benefits to renewing drivers instead of direct cashback.</p><p>Shareholders may also pay attention to Berkshire Hathaway,<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AMZN\">Amazon</a>and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/JPM\">JPMorgan Chase</a>Haven, a joint venture that tried to cut employee health insurance costs but suddenly failed in February this year. The market had hoped that this innovative company would disrupt the complex and expensive health insurance system in the United States, but the company was dissolved after less than three years of operation. People speculated that Buffett might talk about the reasons for the failure at the shareholders' meeting.</p><p><b>Highlight 2: Can the record-breaking share buybacks continue?</b></p><p>In his 2021 public letter to shareholders released at the end of February, Buffett stated that Berkshire Hathaway repurchased approximately $9 billion of its own stock in the fourth quarter of last year, bringing the total repurchase amount in 2020 to a record high of $24.7 billion. The number of shares repurchased is equivalent to 5.2% of the outstanding shares, which is five times the total repurchase amount of $5 billion in 2019.</p><p>He stated that Berkshire Hathaway has repurchased more shares since the end of last year and may further reduce the number of outstanding shares in the future. Companies only participate in buybacks when they believe the stock is trading below its intrinsic market value, rather than \"awkwardly investing more money in buybacks when stock prices rise rather than fall,\" as other companies do. Our approach is exactly the opposite.</p><p>James Shanahan, an analyst at the well-known retail brokerage firm Edward Jones, predicts that Berkshire Hathaway repurchased another $5 billion of its own stock in the first quarter of this year.</p><p>However, the company's Class A shares hit a record closing high of nearly $418,000 on Thursday, April 29, and are up 19% year-to-date, outperforming the S&P 500's gain of more than 11% during the same period. Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares have rebounded sharply by 52% from their low on March 23 last year, while relatively cheaper Class B shares have also risen by more than 47% in the past 12 months.</p><p>Would such a high stock price still be below its intrinsic value, triggering a large share buyback? Investors are awaiting Mr. Ba's comment.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/bcc51b103e053f15070daf63d0e5ec7c\" tg-width=\"1188\" tg-height=\"502\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p><p><b>Highlight 3: With hundreds of billions in cash, when will a massive \"elephant-level acquisition\" unfold?</b></p><p>Even after record share buybacks in 2020, Berkshire Hathaway still holds considerable cash reserves, reaching $138 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of last year, slightly lower than $145.7 billion at the end of the third quarter of last year.</p><p>Shareholders want to know why Buffett has been buying back Berkshire Hathaway shares in large quantities instead of carrying out the \"elephant-sized\" large-scale acquisitions he has longed for years.</p><p>At last year's shareholders meeting, Buffett explained that the reason was simple: \"We haven't seen anything attractive yet.\" However, in the past year, with the rapid rise of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), the M&A transaction environment has become more competitive. According to SPAC Research, more than 500 SPACs holding over $138 billion are currently looking for target acquisition companies.</p><p>CFRA Research analyst Cathy Seifert pointed out that this is a significant company with a large cash position, and investors have the right to know how they intend to use that cash. If Buffett continues to tell the same old stories as an excuse, shareholders will begin to feel tired. However, given the considerable strength of its stock rebound, people may not complain too much.</p><p><b>Highlight 4: Buffett's US stock holding strategy and investments in China</b></p><p>At last year's shareholders' meeting, Buffett revealed that he had sold all of Berkshire's airline holdings, including United Airlines,<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAL\">American Airlines</a>、<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/LUV\">Southwest airlines</a>and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/DAL\">Delta Airlines</a>The total value of the shares exceeds $4 billion.</p><p>At the time, it was thought to convey the legendary value investor's pessimistic view of the aviation industry, but as airline stock prices jumped by three-digit percentages from their 2020 lows (i.e., they had doubled), many observers who followed Buffett's investment trajectory expressed disappointment. Even former US President Trump criticized Buffett for being \"right his whole life,\" but he stumbled when it came to selling off airline stocks.</p><p>Investors are looking forward to whether Buffett will \"admit failure\" at this year's shareholder meeting. However, Shanahan, the analyst mentioned above, said that Buffett's view on the aviation industry may still be correct. The industry has undergone fundamental changes since the pandemic, with a slow recovery in tourism and too many aircraft. Even United Airlines admitted this month that the road to full recovery remains bumpy, and a full return to business and international travel is a long way off.</p><p>As of the end of 2020,<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAPL\">Apple</a>The company remains Berkshire Hathaway's largest common stock investment, with a market value of $120.4 billion, accounting for nearly 43% of its total holdings. However, in the fourth quarter of last year, Berkshire Hathaway reduced its holdings of Apple stock by 57.16 million shares. Investors want to know if this move represents a change in Buffett's attitude towards Apple. What does Barack Obama think about Apple's new car manufacturing business?</p><p>At the end of last year, Berkshire Hathaway also pullback/retracement its exposure to the Financial industry, clearing out its positions in JPMorgan Chase and PNC Financial, and...<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/WFC\">Wells Fargo Bank</a>The holdings were reduced by nearly 60%. Meanwhile, while the pandemic severely damaged stock prices, Buffett expanded his considerable dividend payout.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CVX\">Chevron</a>Oil and telecommunications operators<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/VZ\">Verizon</a>(Verizon's) holdings.</p><p>People are eager to hear how Buffett assesses the stock market rebound in the later stages of the pandemic, and his views on whether overall stock market valuations are becoming increasingly bubble-like. Analyst Shanahan believes that after selling airline and financial stocks, Berkshire's portfolio structure and Apple's outstanding performance have made it look more like a new economy company, perhaps a glimpse into the \"post-Buffett\" era.</p><p>It is worth noting that in early April this year, Munger's newspaper company, the Daily Journal, filed a 13F filing with the SEC, showing that it had established a position in the first quarter of 2021.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BABA\">Alibaba</a>At the end of March, the market value of its holdings was nearly $40 million. It is also worth noting whether Munger further affirms and is optimistic about the prospects of Chinese concept stocks and Chinese companies.</p><p><b>Point 5: Do you continue to despise cryptocurrencies or other market booms?</b></p><p>The US financial markets have been turbulent this year. First, retail investors fought against institutions, shorting Wall Street. Then, hedge funds suffered massive margin calls, causing huge losses to many financial institutions around the world. Subsequently, Bitcoin quickly broke through a new high of $64,000. At the same time, retail investors were actively speculating on blank check companies (SPACs), hoping to get a piece of the pie from the fast track of backdoor listings.</p><p>As is well known, Buffett has never been optimistic about Bitcoin, considering it \"speculation\" rather than \"investment,\" and even calling Bitcoin \"rat poison squared.\" Mr Munger quoted Wilde as saying that investing in Bitcoin was \"futile \"(the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable)\"</p><p>In late February, Munger gave a fiery commentary on the market at the annual conference of the Daily Journal, where he chaired, accusing Robinhood of making money in a \"dirty\" way, attracting inexperienced beginners who wanted to gamble, and calling commission-free trading one of the most \"disgusting\" lies in the investment world. He criticized SPACs as investment banks \"making dirty money\" and as \"annoying bubbles,\" adding that \"as long as dog shit can be sold, the investment industry will sell it.\" When asked about a $50,000 Bitcoin or a $1 trillion market capitalization<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TSLA\">Tesla</a>When comparing, they said they didn't know which was worse.</p><p>He warned that the current prevailing attitude in the US stock market is a \"horse racing mentality,\" and that encouraging this gambling mentality is extremely foolish. Buying stocks aggressively is a very dangerous investment method that will ultimately end in a bad way, although he is not sure when.</p><p>After several months of observation, investors wanted to hear whether the two legendary investment veterans were pessimistic about the high risks in the market.</p><p><b>Highlight 6: Is the successor to the \"post-Buffett era\" clear?</b></p><p>With both Buffett and Munger now in their eighties, the question of who will succeed the Berkshire Hathaway chairman is becoming a classic topic at the annual shareholder meeting, although Buffett never mentions it each year.</p><p>Observers noted that since Munger was unable to fly to Omaha to attend the 2020 shareholders' meeting, Greg Abel, the vice chairman in charge of Berkshire Hathaway's non-insurance business, took Munger's place and answered shareholder questions with Buffett. The market began to believe that Abel was the most likely successor.</p><p>However, mainstream Wall Street analysts currently speculate that Buffett will not discuss the successor in detail.</p>","source":"wallstreetcn_api","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Warren Buffett's shareholder meeting is here! 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These are some key points worth noting.\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"head\">\n<strong class=\"h-name small\">华尔街见闻</strong><span class=\"h-time small\">2021-05-01 07:54</span>\n</p>\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n<p>This year, 90-year-old Warren Buffett will fly to California to \"reunite\" with his 97-year-old partner of more than 60 years. The shareholders' meeting has been temporarily moved to Los Angeles, marking the first time in history that it has been held outside of Omaha, Nebraska. On Saturday, May 1, 2021, following the release of its first-quarter 2021 financial report, Warren Buffett, the \"Oracle of Omaha,\" led...<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BRK.A\">Berkshire</a>Hathaway is scheduled to hold its 56th anniversary shareholders' meeting at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time.</p><p>This is the second consecutive year that this important annual event, which usually attracts nearly 40,000 people in person, has been held online due to the impact of the pandemic. Last year, it attracted 2.5 million streaming clicks, marking the first time this highly anticipated event has been held outside of Omaha, Nebraska, USA.</p><p>This year, the 90-year-old Warren Buffett will fly to California to \"reunite\" with his 97-year-old partner of more than 60 years, Munger, and the location of the annual shareholders' meeting will be temporarily moved to Los Angeles. Munger did not attend the 2020 shareholders' meeting last year due to travel restrictions caused by the pandemic.</p><p>Recently, in response to inquiries from Chinese media, Warren Buffett's staff stated that they do not expect Buffett to be interviewed before or after the three-and-a-half-hour shareholders' meeting. They thanked everyone for their concern and hoped to reunite in Omaha next spring.</p><p>Buffett has served as chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway since 1965, while Munger has served as vice chairman since 1978. Greg Abel, who was promoted to vice chairman of the company's non-insurance business in 2018, and Ajit Jain, who was also promoted to vice chairman of the company's insurance business, also attended the meeting to answer shareholder questions. They are both major contenders for the post-Buffett era Berkshire Hathaway CEO position.</p><p><b>Wall Street Insights has compiled analysis articles from both Chinese and foreign media, summarizing several key highlights of this year's shareholders' meeting—</b></p><p><b>Highlight 1: The Recovery of Berkshire's Industries</b></p><p>Berkshire Hathaway's businesses cover traditional economic sectors such as railroads, manufacturing, retail, and utilities, and some industries have inevitably been severely impacted by the pandemic.</p><p>Their recovery will inevitably reveal Buffett's views on future economic trends. The market consensus is that Berkshire Hathaway's businesses will benefit from the reopening of the U.S. economy, and the stock prices of companies with \"value stock\" attributes may outperform the broader market this year.</p><p>For example, for<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BA\">boeing</a>Precision Castparts, which produces specific parts for aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus and Bombardier, was forced to write down $9.8 billion in assets and lay off 13,400 employees last year, wiping out orders for aircraft parts due to a sharp drop in travel demand. Geico auto insurance company, led by Todd Combs, one of Berkshire Hathaway's investment managers, is also facing controversy. While other insurers refunded premiums to customers during the pandemic, they were only willing to offer credit benefits to renewing drivers instead of direct cashback.</p><p>Shareholders may also pay attention to Berkshire Hathaway,<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AMZN\">Amazon</a>and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/JPM\">JPMorgan Chase</a>Haven, a joint venture that tried to cut employee health insurance costs but suddenly failed in February this year. The market had hoped that this innovative company would disrupt the complex and expensive health insurance system in the United States, but the company was dissolved after less than three years of operation. People speculated that Buffett might talk about the reasons for the failure at the shareholders' meeting.</p><p><b>Highlight 2: Can the record-breaking share buybacks continue?</b></p><p>In his 2021 public letter to shareholders released at the end of February, Buffett stated that Berkshire Hathaway repurchased approximately $9 billion of its own stock in the fourth quarter of last year, bringing the total repurchase amount in 2020 to a record high of $24.7 billion. The number of shares repurchased is equivalent to 5.2% of the outstanding shares, which is five times the total repurchase amount of $5 billion in 2019.</p><p>He stated that Berkshire Hathaway has repurchased more shares since the end of last year and may further reduce the number of outstanding shares in the future. Companies only participate in buybacks when they believe the stock is trading below its intrinsic market value, rather than \"awkwardly investing more money in buybacks when stock prices rise rather than fall,\" as other companies do. Our approach is exactly the opposite.</p><p>James Shanahan, an analyst at the well-known retail brokerage firm Edward Jones, predicts that Berkshire Hathaway repurchased another $5 billion of its own stock in the first quarter of this year.</p><p>However, the company's Class A shares hit a record closing high of nearly $418,000 on Thursday, April 29, and are up 19% year-to-date, outperforming the S&P 500's gain of more than 11% during the same period. Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares have rebounded sharply by 52% from their low on March 23 last year, while relatively cheaper Class B shares have also risen by more than 47% in the past 12 months.</p><p>Would such a high stock price still be below its intrinsic value, triggering a large share buyback? Investors are awaiting Mr. Ba's comment.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/bcc51b103e053f15070daf63d0e5ec7c\" tg-width=\"1188\" tg-height=\"502\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p><p><b>Highlight 3: With hundreds of billions in cash, when will a massive \"elephant-level acquisition\" unfold?</b></p><p>Even after record share buybacks in 2020, Berkshire Hathaway still holds considerable cash reserves, reaching $138 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of last year, slightly lower than $145.7 billion at the end of the third quarter of last year.</p><p>Shareholders want to know why Buffett has been buying back Berkshire Hathaway shares in large quantities instead of carrying out the \"elephant-sized\" large-scale acquisitions he has longed for years.</p><p>At last year's shareholders meeting, Buffett explained that the reason was simple: \"We haven't seen anything attractive yet.\" However, in the past year, with the rapid rise of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), the M&A transaction environment has become more competitive. According to SPAC Research, more than 500 SPACs holding over $138 billion are currently looking for target acquisition companies.</p><p>CFRA Research analyst Cathy Seifert pointed out that this is a significant company with a large cash position, and investors have the right to know how they intend to use that cash. If Buffett continues to tell the same old stories as an excuse, shareholders will begin to feel tired. However, given the considerable strength of its stock rebound, people may not complain too much.</p><p><b>Highlight 4: Buffett's US stock holding strategy and investments in China</b></p><p>At last year's shareholders' meeting, Buffett revealed that he had sold all of Berkshire's airline holdings, including United Airlines,<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAL\">American Airlines</a>、<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/LUV\">Southwest airlines</a>and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/DAL\">Delta Airlines</a>The total value of the shares exceeds $4 billion.</p><p>At the time, it was thought to convey the legendary value investor's pessimistic view of the aviation industry, but as airline stock prices jumped by three-digit percentages from their 2020 lows (i.e., they had doubled), many observers who followed Buffett's investment trajectory expressed disappointment. Even former US President Trump criticized Buffett for being \"right his whole life,\" but he stumbled when it came to selling off airline stocks.</p><p>Investors are looking forward to whether Buffett will \"admit failure\" at this year's shareholder meeting. However, Shanahan, the analyst mentioned above, said that Buffett's view on the aviation industry may still be correct. The industry has undergone fundamental changes since the pandemic, with a slow recovery in tourism and too many aircraft. Even United Airlines admitted this month that the road to full recovery remains bumpy, and a full return to business and international travel is a long way off.</p><p>As of the end of 2020,<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAPL\">Apple</a>The company remains Berkshire Hathaway's largest common stock investment, with a market value of $120.4 billion, accounting for nearly 43% of its total holdings. However, in the fourth quarter of last year, Berkshire Hathaway reduced its holdings of Apple stock by 57.16 million shares. Investors want to know if this move represents a change in Buffett's attitude towards Apple. What does Barack Obama think about Apple's new car manufacturing business?</p><p>At the end of last year, Berkshire Hathaway also pullback/retracement its exposure to the Financial industry, clearing out its positions in JPMorgan Chase and PNC Financial, and...<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/WFC\">Wells Fargo Bank</a>The holdings were reduced by nearly 60%. Meanwhile, while the pandemic severely damaged stock prices, Buffett expanded his considerable dividend payout.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CVX\">Chevron</a>Oil and telecommunications operators<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/VZ\">Verizon</a>(Verizon's) holdings.</p><p>People are eager to hear how Buffett assesses the stock market rebound in the later stages of the pandemic, and his views on whether overall stock market valuations are becoming increasingly bubble-like. Analyst Shanahan believes that after selling airline and financial stocks, Berkshire's portfolio structure and Apple's outstanding performance have made it look more like a new economy company, perhaps a glimpse into the \"post-Buffett\" era.</p><p>It is worth noting that in early April this year, Munger's newspaper company, the Daily Journal, filed a 13F filing with the SEC, showing that it had established a position in the first quarter of 2021.<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/BABA\">Alibaba</a>At the end of March, the market value of its holdings was nearly $40 million. It is also worth noting whether Munger further affirms and is optimistic about the prospects of Chinese concept stocks and Chinese companies.</p><p><b>Point 5: Do you continue to despise cryptocurrencies or other market booms?</b></p><p>The US financial markets have been turbulent this year. First, retail investors fought against institutions, shorting Wall Street. Then, hedge funds suffered massive margin calls, causing huge losses to many financial institutions around the world. Subsequently, Bitcoin quickly broke through a new high of $64,000. At the same time, retail investors were actively speculating on blank check companies (SPACs), hoping to get a piece of the pie from the fast track of backdoor listings.</p><p>As is well known, Buffett has never been optimistic about Bitcoin, considering it \"speculation\" rather than \"investment,\" and even calling Bitcoin \"rat poison squared.\" Mr Munger quoted Wilde as saying that investing in Bitcoin was \"futile \"(the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable)\"</p><p>In late February, Munger gave a fiery commentary on the market at the annual conference of the Daily Journal, where he chaired, accusing Robinhood of making money in a \"dirty\" way, attracting inexperienced beginners who wanted to gamble, and calling commission-free trading one of the most \"disgusting\" lies in the investment world. He criticized SPACs as investment banks \"making dirty money\" and as \"annoying bubbles,\" adding that \"as long as dog shit can be sold, the investment industry will sell it.\" When asked about a $50,000 Bitcoin or a $1 trillion market capitalization<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TSLA\">Tesla</a>When comparing, they said they didn't know which was worse.</p><p>He warned that the current prevailing attitude in the US stock market is a \"horse racing mentality,\" and that encouraging this gambling mentality is extremely foolish. Buying stocks aggressively is a very dangerous investment method that will ultimately end in a bad way, although he is not sure when.</p><p>After several months of observation, investors wanted to hear whether the two legendary investment veterans were pessimistic about the high risks in the market.</p><p><b>Highlight 6: Is the successor to the \"post-Buffett era\" clear?</b></p><p>With both Buffett and Munger now in their eighties, the question of who will succeed the Berkshire Hathaway chairman is becoming a classic topic at the annual shareholder meeting, although Buffett never mentions it each year.</p><p>Observers noted that since Munger was unable to fly to Omaha to attend the 2020 shareholders' meeting, Greg Abel, the vice chairman in charge of Berkshire Hathaway's non-insurance business, took Munger's place and answered shareholder questions with Buffett. The market began to believe that Abel was the most likely successor.</p><p>However, mainstream Wall Street analysts currently speculate that Buffett will not discuss the successor in detail.</p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> source：<a 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Jain也出席大会回答股东提问，他们都是“后巴菲特时代”伯克希尔首席执行官的主要竞争者。华尔街见闻汇总中外媒体分析文章，总结出了今年股东大会的几大看点——看点1：伯克希尔经营产业的复苏情况伯克希尔旗下业务涵盖铁路、制造、零售和公用事业等传统经济领域，部分产业不可避免地遭遇疫情重创。它们的恢复情况也势必带出巴菲特对未来经济走势的看法。市场共识预期是，伯克希尔旗下产业将从美国经济重新开放中获益，具有“价值股”属性的公司股价今年或跑赢大盘。例如，为波音、空客、庞巴迪等飞机制造商生产指定零配件的精密机件公司（Precision Castparts）去年被迫减记98亿美元资产和裁员1.34万人，因旅行需求暴跌抹消了对飞机零部件的订单。伯克希尔投资经理之一Todd Combs领导的Geico汽车保险公司也面临争议，当其他险企在疫情期间向客户退还保费时，他们却只愿意向续保的司机提供信用优惠而非直接返现。股东们也可能关注伯克希尔、亚马逊和摩根大通试图削减员工医疗保险成本、但今年2月突然宣告失败的合资企业Haven。原本市场寄希望于这一创新公司颠覆美国复杂且昂贵的医保体系，结果该公司运行不到三年便宣告解散，人们猜测巴菲特也许会在股东大会谈到失败原因。看点2：创纪录的股票回购能否延续巴菲特在2月末发布的2021年致股东公开信中称，去年四季度伯克希尔回购了约90亿美元自家股票，令2020年总回购额达到创纪录新高的247亿美元，回购股份数量相当于流通股的5.2%，是2019年50亿回购总额的五倍。他表示，伯克希尔自去年底以来回购了更多股票，并且将来可能会进一步建减少流通的股票数量。公司只有在认为股票交易价格低于其内在价值市才会参与回购，而不是像其他公司那样“尴尬地在股票价格上涨而不是下跌时，投入更多资金回购，我们的方法恰恰相反。”知名零售经纪公司Edward Jones的分析师James Shanahan预计，伯克希尔在今年一季度又回购了50亿美元自家股票。不过，公司A类股在4月29日本周四创下近41.80万美元的收盘历史新高，今年累涨19%，跑赢标普500大盘同期逾11%的涨幅。伯克希尔A类股已较去年3月23日的低点大幅反弹52%，相对便宜的B类股过去12个月也涨超47%。如此高的股价是否还低于内在价值进而触发大额回购呢？投资者等待巴老点评。看点3：坐拥千亿现金，何时上演“大象级别的巨额收购”即便在2020年创纪录的回购之后，伯克希尔仍然持有可观的现金储备，去年四季度末高达1380亿美元，略低于去年三季度末的1457亿美元。股东们想知道，为什么巴菲特一直在大手笔回购伯克希尔股票，而不是进行他多年以来渴望的“大象般体量”大规模收购。巴菲特在去年股东大会上解释称，这一原因很简单，“因为我们还没有看到任何吸引人的东西”。但在过去一年中，伴随特殊目的收购公司SPAC的迅速崛起，并购交易环境竞争更加激烈。据SPAC Research统计，目前有超过500个SPAC手持超1380亿美元正在寻找目标收购公司。CFRA Research分析师Cathy Seifert指出，这是一家拥有大量现金头寸的重要公司，投资者有权知道他们打算如何使用这些现金。如果巴菲特还是讲述同样的老故事作为借口，股东们将开始感到疲倦。但鉴于其股票反弹力度可观，可能人们也不会抱怨太多。看点4：巴菲特的美股持仓策略和中国投资去年股东大会上，巴菲特透露已抛售伯克希尔的全部航空公司持股，包括美联航、美国航空、西南航空和达美航空的股份，合计价值超过40亿美元。当时人们认为传达了这一传奇价值投资者对航空业的悲观看法，但随着航空公司股价从2020年低点跳涨了三位数百分比（即已经翻倍），不少跟随巴菲特投资轨迹的观察者表示失望。就连美国前总统特朗普都批评巴菲特“一生都是对的”，唯独在清仓航空股上老马失蹄。投资者期待巴菲特是否在今年股东会上“承认失手”。但上文提到的分析师Shanahan称，巴菲特对航空业的看法可能仍正确，这一行业在疫情后已经发生根本性的变化，旅游出行恢复缓慢且飞机过多，就连美联航本月都承认全面复苏之路仍然坎坷，商务和国际旅行完全回归遥遥无期。截至2020年底，苹果公司仍是伯克希尔最大的普通股投资，持仓市值为1204亿美元，占总持仓的比例接近43%。不过去年四季度，伯克希尔减持了5716万股苹果股票。投资者想知道，这种操作是否代表巴菲特对苹果的态度发生变化？对苹果的造车新业务巴老又如何看待？去年底，伯克希尔还回撤了对金融业的敞口，清空了摩根大通和PNC Financial的仓位，把对富国银行的持仓量削减了近60%。同时，巴菲特趁疫情重创股价之际，扩大了对派息相当可观的雪佛龙石油和电信运营商威瑞森（Verizon）的持仓。人们渴望听到巴菲特如何评价疫情后期的股市反弹，以及他对股市整体估值是否日趋泡沫化的看法。分析师Shanahan认为，在出售了航空股和金融股之后，伯克希尔投资组合的构成方式以及苹果公司的出色表现，令其现在看起来要更像是新经济公司了，也许是“后巴菲特”时代的一窥。值得注意的是，今年4月初，芒格旗下报业公司Daily Journal提交给SEC的13F文件显示，在2021年第一季度建仓阿里巴巴，3月底的持仓市值近4000万美元。芒格对中概股和中国企业的前景是否有进一步的肯定和看好也值得关注。看点5：是否继续鄙视加密货币或其他市场热潮今年美国金融市场可谓风起云涌。先是散户大战机构、逼空华尔街，接着对冲基金世纪大爆仓引发全球多家金融机构遭受巨额损失，随后比特币火速冲破6.4万美元创新高，同时散户热炒空白支票公司（SPAC）希望从借壳上市的快车道分一杯羹。众所周知，巴菲特素来不看好比特币，认为属于“投机”而非“投资”，还称比特币是“老鼠药的平方”（rat poison squared）。芒格则引用奥斯卡·王尔德的名言称投资比特币为“徒劳无功”（the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable）。芒格曾于2月下旬在其担任主席的Daily Journal 年度会议火爆点评市场，指责Robinhood赚钱的方式“肮脏”，是在吸引毫无经验想要赌博的新手，无佣金交易是投资界最令人“恶心”的谎言之一；抨击SPAC是投行在“赚脏钱”，是“令人恼火的泡沫”，“只要狗屎能卖出去，投行业就将卖这些”；被问及5万美元的比特币或1万亿美元市值的特斯拉对比时，称不知道哪个更糟糕。他警告称，当前美股的主流态度是“赛马心理”，鼓励这种赌博心理是十分愚蠢的，疯狂购买股票是一种非常危险的投资方式，最终会以一种糟糕的方式结束，尽管他不确定是何时。在经过几个月的观察后，投资者想要听听两位投资界的传奇常青树对市场高风险是否悲观。看点6：“后巴菲特时代”的接班人是否明晰由于巴菲特和芒格均已年逾耄耋，伯克希尔掌门人的继任者究竟是谁，俨然正在成为每年股东大会的经典话题之一，不过每一年巴菲特都没有提及此事。观察人士注意到，2020年的股东大会由于芒格无法飞到奥马哈出席，负责伯克希尔非保险业务的副董事长Greg 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