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the oracle of Omaha sees promising things for Apple's future.

At least he did last quarter.

Business Insider says Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway upped its Apple holdings by 3% in the third quarter of

calendar year 2017 that brought its number of shares to 134 million.

Why the last quarter caveats? As the piece points out, major investment firms are

required to disclose their long positions in stocks for the previous quarter, but the time lag

means the information may be outdated.

So the firm may hold less Apple now, though there's little reason to think that that is the

case.

Two things about Apple, Buffett's thought to like. One,

Apple is a strong brand with consumers and two, Apple keeps paying dividends to

shareholders. Also, they've up their position a lot in less than two years.

Quoting Business Insider again, Berkshire Hathaway 1st invested in Apple in 2016, buying

10 million shares.

Buffett said in August that he has never sold Apple shares and did not pay attention to the

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