TSM And Buffett -- February 14, 2023

Comment: My "new money" allotment is invested in five different "sectors" (percentage: 40-30-20-5-5) and the 20% is semiconductors. During the month of February, 2023, my entire "new money" allotment went into semiconductors as an exception in order to "re-balance" the portfolio. In the semiconductor sector, my primary holdings are TSM, AVGO, QCOM, SWKS, NVDA, AMD, and maybe some others that I have forgotten. 

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Some think that Warren Buffett may be concerned about a Taiwan invasion. If so, there are going to be bigger issues than TSM and the stock market in general. And then, wouldn't he have sold all his TSM?

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Chips, semiconductor: link here.

Social media today: 

Then:

• 60,060,880 shares
• $87
• $5,225,295,560

Today:

• $98
• This was basically a $70-stock for most of the period that Buffett would have bought it (?) — 3Q22
• So, he made nearly 45% in less than 3 - 6 months (?)

The big question: why did he sell 88% of it rather than all of it.

Disclaimer: this is not an investment site.  Do not make any investment, financial, job, career, travel, or relationship decisions based on what you read here or think you may have read here.

All my posts are done quickly: there will be content and typographical errors. If anything on any of my posts is important to you, go to the source. If/when I find typographical / content errors, I will correct them. 

From the blog just last month:

Why in the world does Buffett invest in companies that make up less than 1% of his entire portfolio, which is the vast majority of his holdings -- companies that make up less than 1% of his entire portfolio.

Link here. It took three screenshots to get his entire portfolio, and this does not include the companies he owns outright.