Berkshire Scores Big With Japanese Investments. Currency Hedge Is Key.

One of


Berkshire Hathaway


‘s bigger investment scores in recent years was the purchase of a group of five Japanese trading companies that now are showing an estimated profit of about $4 billion on an initial outlay of around $6.2 billion.

Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK/A, BRK/B) boosted its stakes in the five companies based on filing made Monday in Tokyo.

Source: https://www.barrons.com/articles/berkshire-hathaway-japanese-trading-companies-51669064127?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo