Under BuffettBerkshire HathawayThe company's 13F position report to the US Securities Regulatory Commission (SEC) shows that the company will be in the fourth quarterapplesThe company's holdings were reduced by 6%, from 944.3 million shares to 887.1 million shares. By the end of 2020, Berkshire held US$120 billion in shares of Apple, down from 5.6% the previous year to 5.4%.

Furthermore, Berkshire reduced its holdings in the fourth quarterWells Fargo59% to 52.4 million shares, reduced holdingsGM9% to 72.5 million shares; T-Mobile's holdings increased 117%, increasing holdingsAbbVie20%. Additionally, the company has increased its holdings of Kroger, Merck, and Bristol-MyersSquibb.

The report also showed that Berkshire was cleared in the fourth quarterJ.P. Morgan,PNC FINANCE,PfizerPharmaceuticals, Barrick Gold,American Manufacturers Bank. Open positions and go longVerizon,Chevronand Vistason hold $8.6 billion in Verizon shares and $4.1 billion in Chevron shares, respectively.

It is worth noting that Berkshire had just opened more positions with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in the third quarter of last year, while Barrick Gold opened a position in the second quarter of last year and drastically reduced its holdings in the third quarter.

In the third quarter position report released in November last year,Berkshire HathawayAn application was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and obtained permission to keep some of the information confidential. There is widespread speculation that Buffett is secretly buying shares in a certain company.

In the fourth quarter position report released after the market on Tuesday, Buffett's answer to this “mystery deal” was revealed. He had secretly bought shares of telecommunications giant Verizon and energy giant Chevron over the past two quarters.

The report shows that by the end of the fourth quarter, Berkshire held 146.7 million Verizon shares worth 8.6 billion US dollars; 48.5 million Chevron shares worth 4.1 billion US dollars.

According to the revised third-quarter position report released by Berkshire on the same day, as of the end of the third quarter of last year, the company held 58.4 million shares of Verizon, worth 3.4 billion US dollars, meaning that holdings in the fourth quarter doubled and a half. Meanwhile, Chevron's position was 44.3 million shares at the end of the third quarter, a slight increase in the fourth quarter.

The acquisition of Verizon and Chevron shares is likely to have been planned by Buffett himself. Both of these acquisitions are in line with Buffett's value orientation.

Below is a breakdown of Berkshire Hathaway's holdings for the fourth quarter: