Warren Buffett suffers $8 billion hit to bank stocks from SVB collapse

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Warren Buffett has likely seen $8 billion wiped off the value of his financial stocks in 3 days, as SVB's collapse rattles the banking sector

The famed investor's company owned about $74 billion of banking, insurance, and financial-services stocks at the end of December, its. Its largest holdings included Bank of America and American Express .

Bank of America's stock price tumbled 12% over the course of Thursday, Friday, and Monday. As a result, Berkshire's stake in the bank shrunk in value by about $4 billion in three days, assuming it hasn't touched the position this year. Similarly, American Express stock has slumped 10% over the past three trading days, slashing the value of Berkshire's stake in the credit-card titan by $2.6 billion.

Berkshire's other financial stocks dropped as well, including Ally Financial , US Bancorp , Jefferies , Citigroup , BNY Mellon , and Globe Life . Overall, its 15 financial holdings have shed $8 billion of value in the past three trading days, a Markets Insider analysis shows.

 

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he's a big $BAC holder

Bet you'll he will get it all back and do some

he still sleeping very well

So around 1%

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