⚈ The six Buffett titles dropped 7.65% during the 2025 trade war.
⚈ Its portfolio surpassed the S&P 500, which dropped by 8.55%.
⚈ Coca-Cola was the only high level to gain value during the period.
Warren Buffett’s decision to develop his cash at the expense of the Equity holdings seemed to be warned, even during the re -election rally of Donald Trump, due to the advances of the US dollar against other currencies. Provident has become more obvious with the slowdown of 2025.
THE Oracle of Omaha The portfolio has been noted several times this year to considerably surpass the larger market, thanks to the advances of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B).
In light of the affirmations, Finbold has decided to examine how the legendary investor's portfolio occurred during the trade war using his best assets.
How the 3 best buffett actions were carried out in the trade war
At the end of 2024, the time of the last snapshot 13-F, three actions represented more than half of the Total Buffett portfolio: Apple (Nasdaq: AAPPL), American Express (NYSE: AXP) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC).
At the time of the file, the legendary investor held 300 million AAPL shares worth $ 75 billion, 151.6 million AXP worth $ 45 billion and 680 million bac worth $ 30 billion.
On February 3, the first session after the trade war Started in seriousness With the price announcement of February 1 China, Canada and Mexico, Apple's actions changed hands at $ 228.01, which means that the participation was, assuming that Buffett has refrained from buying or selling, worth $ 68.4 billion.
Simultaneously, American Express was negotiated at $ 316.53, which made detention worth $ 48 billion, and Bank of America was $ 46.21 for a total of $ 31.4 billion.
At the time of the press on April 25, App, App dropped to $ 208.13, AXP at $ 267.72 and BAC at $ 39.64, which led to a variation in the values of the three assets at $ 62.4 billion, $ 40.6 billion and $ 27 billion.
Consequently, in total, the three main assets of Warren Buffett dropped by 10.96% – 16 billion dollars because they went from a total of $ 146 billion to $ 130 billion.
How the other main Buffett actions have occurred in the trade war
At the time of the last available deposit, the following three largest assets were Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) at 400 million shares, and the two oil giants, Chevron (NYSE: CVX) with 118.6 million and Western Petroleum (NYSE: Oxy) with 264 million.
Collectively, the three represented 20.6% of the total portfolio.
On February 3, Ko Stock was traded at $ 63.35, which made the participation worth 25.3 billion dollars. On April 5, the stock price had increased to $ 72.13, which means that participation amounted to $ 28.8 billion.
CVX, for its part, went from $ 149.34 to $ 138.55 at the same time, which means that its value in the portfolio increased from $ 17.7 billion to $ 16.4 billion. The oxy stock increased from $ 46.37 to $ 40.12, which resulted in a drop in value of $ 12.2 billion to $ 10.6 billion.
Has the Warren Buffett portfolio surpassed the trade war market?
In total, the total value of the three buffett assets increased by 1.09% by $ 55.2 billion to $ 55.8 billion, a total increase of $ 600 million.
Examine the variation in the total value of Oracle of Omaha Top Six Holdings – Holdings which collectively represented 76.6% of the portfolio – reveals that their total value changed from 201.2 billion to 185.8 billion dollars, which means that Buffett lost 7.65% during the trade war. At the same time, the S&P 500 reference index dropped by 8.55%.
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